Tag: Women employees

Women in garment factories across India and Asia work under inhuman conditions. Not only are they subjected to physical and sexual violence at workplace, they are not even allowed to take pee-breaks, forced to go on unpaid leave during pregnancy and face physical harm due to long working hours and performing repetitive manual tasks.

Women employees are ruder to their women colleagues than to their male co-workers.

The finance minister proposes to allow a standard deduction of Rs. 40,000/- in lieu of the present exemption in respect of transport allowance and reimbursement of miscellaneous medical expenses

Internal diversity and development programme to felicitate women leaders

A century-old real estate company Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) follows very simple practices to welcome returning mothers.

The new portal offers the facility of making online complaints of sexual harassment at the workplace, to all women in the country including government and private employees.

The goal is to recruit 300 women by 2022.

The objective is to focus on diversity and inclusion, and also provide women the opportunity to excel 

The furniture retailer plans to go for value-based rather than experience or qualification-based hiring.

The power backup company is offering part-time jobs to women on a career break.

This online complaint filing system will encourage more women to speak up about harassment at the workplace and get quick redressal.

The Ordinance ensures safety and cleanliness in addition to other facilities for lactating women.

The company realises the extreme importance of women as partners in the organisation’s journey of  growth.

It gets difficult for working women to explain this inevitable and recurring physical and mental challenge, at the workplace.

The programme will provide opportunities to talented women, who are ready to return from a break, to reboot their careers in full force.