Women employees employed at a garment manufacturing unit in Tiruppur district of Tamil Nadu.
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The Union Ministries of Labour & Employment and Women & Child Development have began a joint survey on growing ladies participation within the workforce. The survey was introduced by Union Minister Smriti Irani in New Delhi at a perform “Women in the Workforce for Viksit Bharat” on Tuesday.

The survey is being taken to evaluate the unfold of ladies employee-friendly practices within the nation. Various worldwide businesses and commerce unions, together with the International Labour Organization, had expressed concern over the lower in participation of feminine workforce within the nation.

Latest PLFS information

The newest outcomes of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), launched by the Labour Bureau in October, 2023, had proven appreciable improve within the ladies participation. In 2017-18, the participation price was 23.3% and in 2022-23, it was 37%.

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The survey, performed by the Union Labour Ministry via the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation and different authorities businesses, has requested inquiries to the subscribers of presidency schemes about insurance policies or initiatives for ladies by the businesses they’re employed with.

The authorities is searching for particulars comparable to formation of inner complaints committee (ICC) for Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace (POSH), creche amenities for kids, equal pay for equal work, versatile or distant working hours for ladies and transportation amenities throughout late hours.

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A senior officer stated the survey is carried out in a confidential method. “We are not asking the names of [the women] or any other identification detail, except their gender,” the officer stated. The identify of the corporate, its location and handle are additionally sought within the survey.