Advantages
of broker recruitment:
Following
are the main advantage of recruitment:
Easy
availability of workers:
There are
times when workers are not easily available. in certain industries average
workers repelled by them and do not want to work under those conditions at any
cost whatever. the industrialist are unable to find sufficient workers for
running of their industries. Under circumstances are unable to find sufficient
workers for running of their industries. Under the circumstances where workers
are not easy to come by the industrialists feel constrains to rely upon brokers
for the recruitment
These
brokers go around places to persuade, entice and entangle workers. They bring
workers to the industries under many pretexts and gradually gain such hold over
them that the workers can ill afforded to defy them.
In India the coal-mines and
tea-gardens are the two industries where brokers do the recruitment of workers almost exclusively.
Facility
in industrial management:
The
brokers in industries know everything about workers. They are well informed
about their background, their adaptability and above all their problems
regarding work. Therefore they are able to give to the employers from time to
time a correct assessment about them. Based on this assessment they are able to
take advance action to rectify the genuine problems of the workers and also
check the building up of frustration in workers. Thus the brokers play a useful
role in keeping the wheels of industry moving by aiding in successful management
of the problems of workers. The brokers are useful to the employers in another
way. They know everything about the activities of the workers and are able to
give advance information about strike, sabotage etc.
Lessening
of employer’s responsibility:
As it is
clear from the above discussion the brokers perform many functions of the
employers. The overseeing of workers problems, maintenance of their attendances
record and settlement of intra-factional rivalries of workers are some of the
tasks, which the brokers competently look after. In some places the brokers
impart general training to workers. On account of all these factors the
responsibility of the employers in much reduced.
Disadvantages
of broker recruitment:
It is
fact that a large section of workers recruited to industry in India through the
via media of brokers. There are certain advantage of recruitment of workers
through brokers, bit f we view the overall situation we should find that the
system of recruitment through brokers is very defective. On account of its
glaring lacunas this system has always been subject to criticism. Some of the
defects of this system are
Exploitation
of workers:
The
majority of industrial workers in India are illiterate and poor. Moreover India
is a populous country and the supply of workers for jobs far exceeds the demand
under these circumstances it is rather difficult to find any suitable job.
Taking advantage of this situation and brokers exploit the workers and charge
commission for getting them jobs. Sometimes the workers are forced to make
regular monthly payments to brokers. The brokers also charge money for
condoning inefficient work, granting leave and for recommending promotions.
Thus brokers exploit the workers in every possible way.
Recruitment
of incompetent workers:
It is
quite apparent form the above discussion that the real criterion of recruitment
of workers by brokers is commission graft or bribe. As can be easily
appreciated, payment or commission manes that preference in recruitment will be
given to those who are able to give the maximum bribe. Under these conditions
the necessary conditions of getting employment is not efficiently of work but
ability to pay. Thus in broker-recruitment system many an income tenet worker
gets entry into industry.
Increase
in industrial conflicts:
The
brokers as a rule in extremely hard hearted. In order to remain in the good
books of industrialists they give exaggerated or false accounts about the
activities of workers. Their game is not one –sided; it is dual. They not only
report against workers and employers in dark about real situation and try to
exploit both to their personal advantage. Thus while acting as go between or
contact man between workers and employers they normally are instrumental in
increasing of industrial conflicts.
Non
availability of permanent workers:
By
employing various forms of enticement, percussion etc, and brokers bring
innocent persons form far off villages and primitive tribal belts to cities for
industrial jobs. These innocents persons are unable to adjust with the urban
climate and the complexities of urban life terrify them. Therefore they do not
like to stay in the cities for any length of time and rush back to their
villages at the first available opportunity. Thus the recruitment by brokers
fails to get the industrialists permanents workers. The transient labour as can
be well appreciated is great liability.
