KEEPING SCORE - III

Synopsis: Communication For Productivity Letters written to some 7500 Workers / Managers / Union Leaders, following a period of strike / Go slow / Murders (1979 - 1987), at Mumbai factory of Larsen & Toubro Ltd. This direct / open / honest communication led to a remarkable atmosphere of trust between Workers and Management, which, in turn, increased productivity at 3% per year (ave).

2 Feb 1987

To:

Dear friends

Keeping Score - III

A few days back I congratulated all of you for bringing down the absenteeism in Powai.

Then I looked up my old circular of June 7, 1985 on the same subject and felt that I should separate out and tell you more about

"The Man-days lost due to unauthorised absence and authorised loss of pay (LOP) leave".

The following figures should impress upon you the need or some drastic action.

First let us look at the total man-days (unionised employees) available

Unionised Manpower Data

                                                                                 

	DR			MR			Days Total (Lakh)
	No.	Min. avail. Days	Man-days	No.	Min. avail. days	Man-days
1982	3744	256	958464	1161	251	291411	12.5
1983	3734	256	955904	1108	251	278108	12.4
1984	3713	255	946815	1120	250	280000	12.3
1985	3664	255	934320	1129	250	282250	12.2
1986	3595	255	916725	1119	250	279750	12.0

This assumes that every Unionised employee will utilize his/her authorised leave-quota to the full.

And the leave quota is currently.

      

	DR	MR
SL	15	15
CL	8	10
PL	27	30
Max. Tot	27	55

Now let us look at the man-days lost due to unauthorised (very bad!) absence and authorised loss-of-pay leave.

CONCLUSION :

How much did these (DR) workman lose by way

Wages* lost due to UA leave & LOP(DR)

*Wages(average) = Basic + DA + Spl.all + HRA

excludes : Conv allowances + Medical allowances, Work allowances, Bonus, LTA. etc.

And how much production did the Company lose because of this UA "Dandi" of the "DR" Workmen?

H. C. PAREKH