68.9% of employers (N = 450)
thought that employees had sole.
responsibility towards solving their own housing problems. 22.7% felt that
the housing problem should be jointly shouldered between the employers and
employees. 2.7% felt that it should be the sole responsibility of the
employers and 5.8% specified other considerations.
(Table 10006)
Question 6. Which of the above four welfare benefits do you think the company
should provide for first? Which second? Which third? Fourth?
Sickness
Retirement Benefit
Life Insurance
Housing
Findings:
Regarding sickness benefits, 74% of the companies felt that this
was of first priority, 15.8% considered this as second priority, 5.8% as
third, 1.1% as fourth, and 3.3% were undecided.
(Table 10007)
Concerning life insurance, 3.1% ranked it as first priority,
16.9% as second priority, 29.1% as third, 37.3% as fourth and 13.6% were
undecided.
(Table 10008)
For retirement benefits, 11.8% ranked it as first priority, 34%
as second priority, 28.7% as third, 13.8% as fourth, and 11.8% were undecided.
(Table 10009)
Regarding housing benefits, 9.6% ranked it as first priority, 22.9%
as second priority, 21.8% as third, 33.3% as fourth, and 12.4% were
undecided. (Table 10010)
Of the four types of benefits, sickness benefit was considered
first, retirement benefit second, housing benefit third and life insurance
fourth.
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