Do not jeopardize the project by not paying your laborers

A businessman always wants to save money and at times he gets so
much under the skin of saving money that he ends up not paying his
employees their rightful dues. We call this as exploitation and
exploiting your workers will lead you to no good. They will not say
anything for a month or so but will definitely not take it forever.
They will display their displeasure by not working up to their mark
and gradually will leave for better. In this process you also end
up losing some fine men and in today’s time it is very hard to earn
loyalty of others. We work in a professional environment and we
expect the workmen to be professional with their approach towards
work. Similarly, they also set the same expectation when it comes
to their package. Not paying them what they truly deserve will
ultimately hit your work hard when you see their moving to some
other company that pays them more than you do. In the construction
business, you just can’t afford to exploit the laborers because if
you try and do that it will backfire like anything. They leaving
your project in the mid can have a drastic impact on your work and
can completely leave it jeopardized. Do not play with your project
by trying to save few dollars. It will cost you more than what you
will be able to save. Payment should be on time:- The construction
laborers have a family to run like you do. They also need to take
care of their secured and unsecured loans and if you do not pay
them on time then they will be unable to pay others on time. This
will have a larger impact on their credit report and many other
things that will be difficult for us to contemplate. In a nutshell,
they should get their pay on time to meet their weekly expenses.
Ideally, the construction laborers are paid on a weekly basis and
therefore the company should have strong HR mechanism to ensure
that the payments of all the laborers are accurate and done on
time. Try not to delay their pay and in case if you foresee any
delay in paying them, inform them well in advance so that they can
make necessary arrangements. You also need to make sure that you
pay all the other employees like the operators, site engineers,
administrative guys and everyone who works for you. Losing men with
skill and talent will be a big loss:- Paying your employees on time
in just one side of the coin. The other side is to pay them as per
the industry standards. You may be a small company but you can
still afford to pay your employees what other small companies are
paying. Your workers will understand your inability to pay them
what a mammoth company can but will not be willing to take it if
you pay them less than a small size construction company pays to
its employees. They will not take long to leave you and move to the
next best available option and construction sector will accept any
person who is skilled and know his part of job well.