The original version of this article was first published in the Trilegal Quarterly Roundup.

Key Developments

1. Telangana Government allows women to work night shifts

The Telangana Shops and Establishment Act, 1988 restricts employers from engaging women in night shifts between 8:30 pm to 6:00 am. On 17 October 2022, a notification was issued (2022 Notification), exempting all establishments in Telangana from this restriction, thereby allowing all women employees to work in night shifts, subject to certain conditions:

• Employers to obtain written consent of women employees to work in night shifts;
• Women employees to be engaged in night shifts on rotation basis with at least five of them engaged together at a time;
• Employers to ensure safety and security and provide shelter, rest rooms, lunch rooms, night creches, etc;
• Employers to ensure adequate protection of women employees’ privacy, dignity, honour, safety as well as protection from sexual harassment;
• Employers to post adequate number of security guards during night shifts;
• Employers to arrange transport facility for woman employees from residence to the workplace and back. Other checks and balances for safety during the travel have also been prescribed;
• The exemption is not applicable to women employees during the period of 16 weeks before and after childbirth (of which at least eight weeks shall be before the expected childbirth).

Failure to comply with the above conditions may lead to cancellation of the...

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