Karnataka Labour Department asserts that night-shift safeguards for women employees are covered under OSH Rules
Following an outcry from KITU, the Karnataka Labour Department has clarified that the safety conditions relating to women employees that were earlier provided under the Shops and Commercial Establishments Act have been incorporated under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSH) Rules
The Karnataka Labour Department has clarified that safety measures for women employees working night shifts, which were previously included in the Karnataka Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1961, have been incorporated under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSH) Rules. This clarification comes after objections by the Karnataka State IT/ITeS Employees’ Union (KITU) to the omission of several clauses in the Act, which the union alleged would remove safety provisions for women.
The Labour Department stated that all the provisions that were claimed to be omitted are now covered under the OSH Code, and both the union's concerns and the official's response were reported by The Hindu.
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