Rule 61. Employment of Women in establishment or factory under section 43

The following conditions shall be met for employment of women during night or before 6.00 a.m. and beyond 7.00 p.m. in any day, namely:-

(a) the consent of woman employee shall be taken in writing;

(b) no woman shall be employed against the maternity benefit provisions laid down under the Social Security Code, 2020 (Central Act No. 36 of 2020);

(c) adequate transportation facilities shall be provided to women employee to pick-up and drop such employee at her residence;

(d) the workplace including passage towards conveniences or facilities concerning toilet, washrooms, drinking water, entry and exit of women employee should be well-lit;

(e) the toilet, washroom and drinking facilities should be near the workplace where such women employee are employed and suitable provisions of Closed-circuit television (CCTV) Surveillance on the way to these facilities shall be provided;

(f) provide safe, secure and healthy working condition is provided so that no woman employee is disadvantaged in connection with her employment;

(g) dedicated telephone numbers of the establishment shall be displayed at conspicuous places both at the establishment as well as inside the vehicles, so that any women employee can utilize them, in case of any exigency or emergency;

(h) the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (Central Act No. 14 of 2013), as applicable to the establishments, shall be complied with.