Replacing a fragmented legacy framework, India’s new labour codes streamline compliance while extending protections to previously underserved worker groups, including contract, gig, and platform workers, and strengthening workplace inclusion for women. What are the new laws and what are they replacing? Until recently, India’s workplaces were governed by 29 fragmented labour laws. The four new… Continue reading How New Labour Laws Are Ungendering Workplaces?
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Maternity Benefits and Creche Facilities For Contractual Labour
[responsivevoice_button] Written By: Vasudevan V Note from the Editor: ‘Explainers’ are a new series at Ungender Insights. A question to consider with regard to the maternity benefits law is to ask what position contract workers occupy in law? It stands to reason, that for women contractual workers, wages and other conditions of work are critical. This article … Continue reading Maternity Benefits and Creche Facilities For Contractual Labour
