Special Provision Relating to Employment of Women

A young woman working the late shift at a BPO in Mahape asks two fair questions: can the company legally put her on that shift, and what must it provide for her to do so safely? Older labour laws often answered with a flat ban on night work. The OSH Code takes a different approach, and Chapter X, only two sections long, is where the answer starts.

In two minutes

Section 43 of the OSH Code entitles women to be employed in all establishments for all types of work, and allows employment before 6 a.m. and beyond 7 p.m. with their consent and subject to prescribed conditions; s.44 lets the Government require safeguards before women are put on dangerous operations.

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