• Holiday Home: Tata Steel has arranged four Holiday homes for the benefits of workers & supervisors and their families. These holiday homes are located at different places - Puri (17 double bedded room & 3 four bedded), Haridwar (Five double bedded rooms & one four bedded), Gangtok (Six double bedded rooms), Jamshedpur (Four double bedded rooms). We also have the Mirzadih Guest House at Dimna, Jamshedpur.
   

• Tisco Officers’ Beach Club: All officers of Tata Steel are eligible to be a member of the Beach Club. The Beach Club offers the “Tisco Executive Holiday Plan” that includes Hotels, Sterling Resorts & Sterling Guest Houses across the country. Besides this Tata Steel also provides a riding school and water sports center facilities in Dimna.
   

EMPLOYEES INVOLVEMENT IN DECISION MAKING IN TATA STEEL
Employees and Trade Unions (LA3)
Tata Steel has a firm belief that a healthy union is always an asset for the management. Accordingly we have Trade Unions at all locations. 100% of employees (other than officers) are represented by independent Trade Unions. The details of the Trade unions at different locations are given in Table 6.3. The officers do not have any association or union.

 

Table 6.3 : Trade Union details
Location
	Union	Number of Employees
Jamshedpur	Tata Workers' Union	18139
Noamundi & Joda	INMF	1787
Jamadoba	RCMS	6871
West Bokaro	RCMS	3436
Mumbai HO, CRC West & Wire Division Tarapore	Mumbai Labour Union and Tisco Head Office Employee Association	1233
Kolkata	The Tata Employees' Union Kolkata	234
Adityapur	INTUC	528
CRM Sisodra	CITU	242
Kharagpur	CITU	568
FAMD	INMF	1033
CRE Offices	-	5
	TOTAL	34076

Consultation and negotiation with employees (LA4)
Tata Steel is a pioneer in the area of Joint Consultation in India and has a three-tier Joint Consultation System that ensures participation of employees at all levels, including top management.

MD-online is another forum to share and interact with employees. The Managing Director , on the first working day of the month, communicates the performance of the organisation through webcast and video conferencing and also receives feedback for an hour. Hotmail is another e-communication channel available for employees to share their views. Feedback is provided within 48 hours from the MD’s office. Collective bargaining issues are discussed with the recognised unions at different locations on a regular basis. The Joint Consultative Management System is presented under LA13. The Personnel Manager of each department consults with employees and their families in the areas of Family Welfare, Savings, Education of Children and other issues.

Employee participation in decision-making (LA13)
A system of Joint Consultation has been in place in Tata Steel for the last 50 years. This is a unique system in which both management & employee representatives consult each other at all levels on matters relating to the progress & prosperity of the organization. It is a three-tier system, which fulfills the need for self-expression of employees. Employees discuss various issues related to production, productivity, quality, safety, welfare, training etc. excluding issues of collective bargaining & individual grievances. The three-tier system is made up of the Joint Consultative Council of management, Joint Works Council & Joint Departmental Councils supported by various sub committees as shown in Figure 6.1.

Office Bearers of respective unions are members of Joint Consultative Committees of Management and it is in this forum that they discuss issues except issues of collective bargaining.

In the JCCM, JWC, JDC and other Sub-Committee meetings, issues related to operational performance, safety and environment, welfare of the employees and future directions for sustainable growth are discussed.