Address labour code gaps to help women
1 year, 9 months ago

Address labour code gaps to help women

New Indian Express  

Though the legislation intends to positively impact women’s health and well-being, thereby boosting female labour force participation, implementing the legislation in the informal sector has been challenging. Also, the legislation does not include a provision for parental or shared parental leave, something which is extremely important to address gender inequalities in households to encourage women to sustain themselves in the labour market. The ILO’s 2014 report, Maternity and Paternity at Work: Law and Practice Across the World, comparing 185 countries, highlighted that 58% of countries provided cash benefits through national social security schemes, in 16% of countries the cost was shared between the employers and social security systems, and only in 25% of countries the liability solely fell on the employer. It is important to revisit the maternity legislation to promote a more inclusive approach by streamlining social security and sectoral funds towards maternity funding to provide access to women in the informal sector.

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Did better maternity leave disadvantage Indian women in jobs? Study says…
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Did better maternity leave disadvantage Indian women in jobs? Study says…

India Today  

Women-centric benefits, such as extended paid maternity leave, may be introduced with the right intentions—to boost women’s presence in the workforce—but new research finds these may have unintended consequences. The findings of a study funded by a US government agency reveal that after the legislation on longer maternity leave in India was implemented, women were approximately 22 per cent less …

Labour to strengthen workers’ rights, women employee safety in focus: Economic Survey
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Labour to strengthen workers’ rights, women employee safety in focus: Economic Survey

Live Mint  

The Economic Survey 2024-25 on Friday highlights the significance of the four labour codes enacted by Parliament in strengthening workers' rights. These codes, namely the Code on Wages, 2019, the Code on Social Security, 2020, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, and the Occupational Safety, Health, and Working Conditions Code, 2020, will play a vital role in enhancing workers' rights. Among …

Centre asks employers to give maternity leave to construction workers
1 year, 2 months ago

Centre asks employers to give maternity leave to construction workers

The Hindu  

The Centre on Tuesday asked employers to ensure digital payment of wages and paid maternity leave of 26 weeks to women construction workers. The advisory issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said, “For ensuring wide participation of women and providing gender equal opportunities in the highway sector, MoRTH has decided to issue an Advisory in line with …

Make workplaces women-friendly, says Tharoor
2 years, 4 months ago

Make workplaces women-friendly, says Tharoor

The Hindu  

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has stressed the need for the government to contribute to the maternity benefits of women so that employers do not have to bear expenses completely. Delivering the Mother Veronica oration on ‘Women and education’ and inaugurating the bicentenary celebrations of Venerable Mother Veronica of the Passion at Providence Women’s College in Kozhikode on Tuesday, Mr. Tharoor …

Working women too, with a dream of good childcare - The Hindu
3 years ago

Working women too, with a dream of good childcare - The Hindu

The Hindu  

The theme for International Women’s Day 2022 is ‘gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’. According to a 2018 study by the International Labour Organization, more than 95% of India’s working women are informal workers who work in labour-intensive, low-paying, highly precarious jobs/conditions, and with no social protection. Another ILO study, in 2016, pointed out that a lack of access …

Women are Working as Helpers in Family Businesses Without a Pay, Here's Why this Needs to be Addressed
4 years ago

Women are Working as Helpers in Family Businesses Without a Pay, Here's Why this Needs to be Addressed

News 18  

In September 2020, when the first National Level Time Use Survey data of India, published by the National Statistical Office revealed that the average time spent in unpaid domestic and caregiving services by men and women are 36 minutes and 280 minutes, respectively, it confirmed the open secret that we all knew, but seldom talked about: women spend a disproportionately …

Maternity Benefits Act yet to have positive impact on women labour force participation: Report
4 years, 4 months ago

Maternity Benefits Act yet to have positive impact on women labour force participation: Report

Hindustan Times  

The Maternity Benefits Act 2017 is yet to have a positive impact on women labour force participation as out of the 10 sectors reviewed women participation has dropped in more than five sectors since the implementation of the act, says a report. According to a TeamLease Report, Maternity Benefits Act 2017 has not helped in improving women labour force participation. …

Paid maternity leave to be increased to 12 months under Labour plans for 'step change' in treatment of working women
5 years, 4 months ago

Paid maternity leave to be increased to 12 months under Labour plans for 'step change' in treatment of working women

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy New mothers would be entitled to a full year of paid …

Opinion | Bringing up a baby is a couple’s job, not a role that a mother must manage alone
6 years, 3 months ago

Opinion | Bringing up a baby is a couple’s job, not a role that a mother must manage alone

Live Mint  

As India’s economy was experiencing tectonic changes in 1991 due to liberalization, a new generation of women were either joining or finding their way into the workforce. In fact, a study done by Surjit Bhalla and Ravinder Kaur for the London School of Economics between 1983-2005, found that for each extra year of the husband’s education, there would be a …

Opinion | India’s maternity laws need serious tweaking
6 years, 3 months ago

Opinion | India’s maternity laws need serious tweaking

Live Mint  

India will never put poverty in the museum unless we raise women’s labour force participation. A few remedial measures suggested in the TeamLease study for addressing and mitigating this issue include cost sharing between employer and government by way of reimbursement once the employer furnishes the proof of payment of maternity leave wage, slab-based tax rebates offered by the government …

Maternity Bill pregnant with possibilities: Will women benefit?
8 years ago

Maternity Bill pregnant with possibilities: Will women benefit?

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: The landmark Maternity Benefit Bill 2016, passed in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, exactly a day after International Women’s Day has been widely welcomed by women activists as a historic moment in the country’s progress towards women’s rights. However, while the public sector will by and large follow the law of the land, will a subtle, unspoken discrimination against …

Women’s Maternity Bill – Boon or Curse in the Career Ladder?
8 years, 6 months ago

Women’s Maternity Bill – Boon or Curse in the Career Ladder?

Op India  

Recently the Rajya Sabha passed the Women’s Maternity Bill in the Indian Parliament. The bill mandates that any private establishment with more than 10 employees will need to give six months maternity leave to women and every company with more than 50 employees must establish crèche facilities for children. Long maternity leave may be the best answer to hold talent …

Amendment to Maternity Benefit Act is historic, but more needs to be done for women in India
8 years, 7 months ago

Amendment to Maternity Benefit Act is historic, but more needs to be done for women in India

Firstpost  

The recent amendment to the Maternity Benefit Act providing 26 weeks of maternity leave can be described as historic. If India can increase its women participation in labour force by 10 percentage points by 2025, it could increase its GDP by16 percent. India is among the few countries to witness a drastic decline in participation of women in work force, …

New mothers facing 'maternity discrimination' on their return to the workplace
10 years, 7 months ago

New mothers facing 'maternity discrimination' on their return to the workplace

The Independent  

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Women in unorganised sector should get maternity benefit: Tirath
11 years, 8 months ago

Women in unorganised sector should get maternity benefit: Tirath

Firstpost  

The Maternity Benefit Act regulates the employment of women for certain period before and after child-birth and is aimed at protection of their rights. New Delhi: Union Minister Krishna Tirath today pitched for extending maternity benefits under law to those working in the unorganised sector, comprising half of the women population, saying “discrimination” against them must be eliminated. “Almost half …

Self-employed may get maternity leave
18 years ago

Self-employed may get maternity leave

Dutch News  

Social affairs minister Piet Hein Donner is to investigate setting up a maternity leave scheme for self-employed women in response to a petition signed by 3,000 women calling on him to take action. Agnes Jongerius, head of the FNV trade union federation, said self-employed women face discrimination compared with other workers who are covered under state-run schemes paid for by …

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