No woman worker shall be required or allowed to work in any
establishment except between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9-30 p.m. Howecer,
if the woman worker with her consent, shall be allowed to work during
9-30 p.m. and 7-00 a.m. in any establishment in which adequate
protection of their dignity, honour and safety, protection from sexual
harassment and their transportation from the establishment to the
doorstep of their residence as may be prescribed are provided by the
employer or his authorised representative or manager or supervisor.
The following are the conditions for employment of women workers in general in any establishment irrespective of the number of women workers employed therein, namely:-
(i) The employer shall take all the measures and safeguards to prevent
or deter the commission of the Acts of sexual harassment at place of
work by strictly implementing and enforcing all the provisions of the
Sexual Harassment of Women at Work Place (Prevention, Prohibition and
Redressal) Act, 2013 (14 of 2013).
(ii) In case of a sexual harassment at the instance of a third party,
either by an act or commission, the employer shall take all necessary
and reasonable steps to assist the affected women workers in terms of
support and preventive action.
(iii) Provide proper lighting and illumination inside the establishment
and also surroundings of the establishment and to all places where the
women worker may move out of necessity in the course of such shift.
(iv) Every employer shall maintain a complaint box. Every employer shall
also display the phone numbers of local police stations, control rooms
and women help line number prominently in the establishment.
(v) A sufficient number of women security guards shall be engaged in
establishments employing not less than ten women workers. The Police
verification of such women security guard shall be mandatory.
(vi) Separate urinals and latrines shall be maintained for women workers with safety locking facilities only from inside.
(2) The following additional conditions shall be complied for employment of women workers in night shifts, namely:-
(i) Woman workers shall be allowed to work during 9.30 p.m. and 7.00
a.m. in any establishment only after obtaining her consent in Form ‘L’.
(ii) The number of women workers employed in the night shift shall not be less than three at any point of time.
(iii) To provide a safe and secure separate transportation facility for
all the women workers working in the night shift from the place of
workplace to the doorstep of their residence and vice-versa. The
employer shall have all the details of the drivers, guards and all such
workers engaged by themselves or through any agency or contractor.
Police verification of all such workers engaged for safe and secure
transportation of women workers shall be mandatory.
(iv) In addition to the holidays as mentioned in section 18 of the Act,
every woman worker who works in night shift as per her shift schedule,
shall be eligible for one additional paid holiday for every two months
in a year.
(v) There shall be not less than twelve consecutive hours of rest or gap
between the last shift and night shift whenever a women worker is
changed from day shift to night shift and also from night shift to day
shift.
(vi) No women worker shall be allowed to work in night shift during the
period of twenty-four weeks before and after her child birth, of which
at least twelve weeks shall be before the expected child birth, and for
further such period, if any, as specified in the medical certificate
stating that it is necessary for the health of the women worker or her
child: However, the said period may be relaxed at the request of women
worker on the basis of medical certificate from a qualified medical
practitioner stating that neither her health nor that of her child will
be endangered.
(vii) Every employer shall annually submit an undertaking to the
Facilitator that he shall provide all the facilities as mentioned in
this rule and shall take due care and diligence regarding the safety,
dignity and honour of women worker in general and particularly of those
in night shift
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