{
  "id": 7754750,
  "title": "Karnataka Labour Department asserts that night-shift safeguards for women employees are covered under OSH Rules",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/karnataka-labour-department-asserts-that-night-shift-safeguards-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T09:41:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/labout-dept-asserts-that-night-shift-safeguards-for-women-employees-is-covered-under-osh-rules/article71467697.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}