Syllabus: GS-II
Subject: Society and Social Justice (S)
Topic: Welfare schemes, mechanisms, laws and institutions related to Women.
Issue: Female Labour Force Participation Rate
Context: The Union Ministries of Labour & Employment and Women & Child Development have started a joint survey on increasing women participation in the workforce.
Synopsis:
- As per Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) the women participation in labour force was.
(Data for Mains)
- Labour codes – specific provisions for safeguarding the employment of women workers:
- The Code on Social Security, 2020 provides for
- enhanced paid maternity leave,
- provision for mandatory crèche facilities in establishments having 50 or more employees,
- permitting women workers in the night shifts with adequate safety measures, etc.
- The Code on Occupational Safety, Health And Working Conditions, 2020 has proposed tweaks in employment terms and conditions for women workers in the above-ground mines.
- The Code on Wages 2019 has provisions for no gender-based discrimination for wages in an establishment for similar nature of work i.e. equal pay for equal work.
- The Code on Social Security, 2020 provides for
