ANNUAL SURVEY OF INDUSTRIES, 2001-02 VOL. II : REPORT ON , ABSENTEEISM LABOUR  TURNOVER, EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR COST IN CENSUS SECTOR

 CHAPTER-III

LABOUR TURNOVER  

Labour turnover is an important parameter indicating the over all health of an industry or an establishment in terms of wages, industrial relations, working conditions and other welfare facilities provided by the employers to the workers. Higher rate of Labour Turnover indicates lack of stability in the labour force, which in turn may not be considered conducive to the productivity of labour. For higher productivity of labour, it is essential that labour force remains stable over a period of time.  Labour Turnover measures the extent of change in the work force due to accession or separation during a particular period of time.  

Statistics relating to the rate of accession and separation in respect of directly employed regular workers, their average number in employment and the percentage of factories reporting labour turnover during the year 2001 have been presented in Tables 3.1.1. 3.1.2, 3.1.3 and 3.1.4.  

3.1     Labour Turnover in States  

State-wise Labour Turnover among directly employed regular workers is presented in Table 3.1.1. It may be seen from the Table that at all India level, the rate of accession, during the year 2001, was 12.84 percent as compared to 12.68 percent during the year 2000. The overall separation during the year 2001 was 16.37 percent as compared to 15.14 percent during the year 2000. Thus, there was about 3.53 percent decrease in overall employment during the year 2001 as compared to 2.46 percent decrease during the year 2000.  At all India level, about 80.92 percent factories reported labour turnover in their units during the year. The highest labour turnover of 94.42 percent was reported in Punjab.  

The lowest and highest rates of accession, during the year 2001 were observed at 1.26 percent in Jharkhand and 33.55 percent in Uttar Pradesh, respectively. Similarly, the lowest and highest rates of separation, during the year, were observed in Assam (3.60 percent) and Uttar Pradesh (37.81 percent), respectively.  

3.2     Labour Turnover in Industries  

     Industry-wise Labour Turnover among directly employed regular workers during the year 2001 is given in Table 3.1.2. The highest rate of accession at 126.67 percent was recorded in the industry group ‘014-Agricultural and animal husbandry service activities, except veterinary activities’, whereas, the lowest rate of accession at 1.87 percent was recorded in the industry group ‘353–Manufacture of aircraft and space craft’.  

On the other hand, like accession, the highest and lowest rates of separation were also recorded in the industry groups ‘014-Agricultural and animal husbandry service activities, except veterinary activities’ (126.84 percent) and '353-Manufacture of aircraft and spacecraft' (3.28 percent), respectively.  

3.3      Labour Turnover in Sectors by States     

State-wise and Sector-wise Labour Turnover among directly employed regular workers is presented in Table 3.1.3. From the Table, it may be observed that at all India level, accession rate was the highest in Joint Sector at 14.92 percent, followed by Private Sector (13.52 percent) and Public Sector (7.91 percent).  Separation rate was again the highest at 19.30 percent in Joint Sector, followed by Private Sector (16.56 percent) and Public Sector (13.63 percent).  

     Among States, the highest rate of accession in Public Sector was recorded in Uttar Pradesh at 49.85 percent. In Joint Sector, the highest rate of accession was reported in Manipur at 100.00 percent, whereas in Private Sector, Delhi reported the highest rate of accessions at 32.22 percent.  

 In Public Sector, the highest rate of separation was reported in Uttar Pradesh at 58.11 percent. In Joint Sector, the highest rate of separation was reported in Nagaland at 140.00 percent, whereas in Private Sector, the highest rate of separation was reported in Andaman & Nicobar Islands at 42.24 percent.     

3.4     Labour Turnover in Sectors by Industries  

     Industry-wise and Sector-wise Labour Turnover among directly employed regular workers is given in Table 3.1.4. It may be seen from the Table that the highest rate of accession was recorded in the industry group ‘014-Agricultural and animal husbandry service activities, except veterinary activities’ in all the three sectors at the rate of 83.33 percent in Public Sector, 137.05 percent in Joint Sector and 126.14 percent in Private Sector.  Sector-wise lowest rate of accession was recorded at 0.06 percent in the industry group '210-Manufacture of paper and paper products' in Public Sector, 0.22 percent in industry group ‘261–Manufacture of glass and glass products‘ in Joint Sector and 2.38 percent in industry group ‘243–Manufacture of man-made fibers’ in Private Sector.  

In Public Sector, separation rate was the highest at 89.66 percent in industry group ‘172-Manufacture of other textiles’.  The separation rate was the highest in the industry group '014-Agricultural and animal husbandry service activities, except veterinary activities' in both Joint and Public Sectors at the rate of 119.64 percent and 127.33 percent, respectively.  

The rate of separation was lowest in Public and Joint Sectors at 0.50 percent and 0.45 percent, respectively, in industry group '160- Manufacture of Tobacco products'. In Private Sector the rate of separation was lowest at 6.15 percent in industry group ‘243-Manufacture of man-made fibers'.