The present transition to market mechanisms of economy regulation
accounts for an enhanced interest in conditions of
microeffective functioning of enterprises. This creates a necessity
to curb the traditional non-economic functions hitherto performed
by these economic entities. Hence a topical issue is a question
regarding advisability, scope and mode of the functioning of the
so-called plant socio-welfare system. The article presents the findings
of pilot studies, which aimed at determining employees options in this sphere. Due to a complex social role of these benefits there
seems justified a view that one of premises behind a gradual departure
from traditional tasks of an enterprise should be to gather
evaluations of the socio-welfare system from employees themselves.
A general conclusion ensuing from these, studies is
that a necessity of seeking effectiveness-promoting solutions
in the system of enterprise functioning should not be synonymous
with abandoning automatically their socio-welfare functions.