Welfare Officer Under Factory Act - what is the procedure to obtain exemption under the said act?

Hi All, Seeking your help to exemption under UP welfare officer act. As we have more then 1000 manpower & we have to appoint welfare officer but we do not have a qualified person for welfare officer. hence what is the procedure to obtain exemption under the said act. while we have good experience of employees exp more then 10 Years and acting as same as welfare officers. Please help.

You cannot get any exemption from appointing a welfare officer. If you have people having qualification prescribed for the position of welfare officer redesignate him as Welfare Officer or appoint a new person for that post from outside. If the qualification prescribed is MSW/ degree in law or PG Diploma in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations, then you cannot dilute it by employing a person holding MBA even from a very reputed Institution. An HR Manager cannot act as Welfare Officer simply due to the reason that the latter is a statutory position.