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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Period Leave: Perk or Right?
Conversations around workplace inclusion often leave out one of the most routine yet stigmatized aspects of women’s health, i.e.,menstruation. For many women, what should be a matter of basic support turns into daily discomfort because workplaces fail to consider menstrual needs as part of employee well-being. A recent study on menstrual hygiene management in Kerala’s… Continue reading Period Leave: Perk or Right?
