Women Working Night Shift

The West Bengal government has proposed several measures for the safety of working women during the night shift amid a nationwide outrage over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor during her 36-hour shift at a Kolkata hospital.

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed a Bill, amending the Factories Act, to allow women to work night shifts at factories.

In order to provide a safe environment for women at the workplace, the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday, in an order, stated that no women worker can be bound to do the night shift in factories across the state.

As per the study, women who work in nights shifts may experience irregular periods and a higher risk of endometriosis. Read here to know the findings of the study.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, reacting to the gang-rape and murder of a 26-year-old veterinarian, made a potentially controversial statement by saying that women employees of the state transport body should not be made to work at night as a safety measure.

The Karnataka government today issued a notification allowing women to work in night shifts (7 pm to 6 am) in all factories registered under the factories act.

The Goa Assembly on Thursday passed a bill which allows women in the industrial sector to work in the night shift.

The Goa cabinet Wednesday approved an amendment to the Factories Act which will allow industries to employ women for night shifts.

The findings showed that after the eighth week of pregnancy, women who had worked two or more night shifts had a 32 per cent higher risk of miscarriage compared with women who had not worked any night shifts.

An early menopause could also come from the stress of working late at night, as stress hormones are believed to disrupt sex hormones like oestrogen. Read here to know more.

The Central Government on Monday decided to allow women to work in underground coal mines and also do night shifts in open cast or over ground mines, in a bid to bring about greater gender equality and generate more employment opportunities for women.

Women who work in night shifts may be at a significantly higher risk of breast, skin and stomach cancers, scientists have warned.

Women should not be forced to work in night shifts and companies should, as far as possible, avoid women on the night shift, a committee of legislators has proposed in Karnataka. The proposal has triggered a barrage of protests from activists and civil society, who have called it regressive and argued that if accepted, it will shrink the space for ...

Women who work nights and do heavy lifting on the job may have fewer and inferior eggs than nine-to-fivers, said a study on Wednesday into a potential cause of infertility.

Working night shifts has little or no effect on a woman's breast cancer risk, new research has found, countering the World Health Organisation's 2007 review classifying shift work disrupting the 'body clock' as a probable cause of cancer.

The West Bengal government has proposed several measures for the safety of working women during the night shift amid a nationwide outrage over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor during her 36-hour shift at a Kolkata hospital.

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed a Bill, amending the Factories Act, to allow women to work night shifts at factories.

In order to provide a safe environment for women at the workplace, the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday, in an order, stated that no women worker can be bound to do the night shift in factories across the state.

As per the study, women who work in nights shifts may experience irregular periods and a higher risk of endometriosis. Read here to know the findings of the study.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, reacting to the gang-rape and murder of a 26-year-old veterinarian, made a potentially controversial statement by saying that women employees of the state transport body should not be made to work at night as a safety measure.

The Karnataka government today issued a notification allowing women to work in night shifts (7 pm to 6 am) in all factories registered under the factories act.

The Goa Assembly on Thursday passed a bill which allows women in the industrial sector to work in the night shift.

The Goa cabinet Wednesday approved an amendment to the Factories Act which will allow industries to employ women for night shifts.

The findings showed that after the eighth week of pregnancy, women who had worked two or more night shifts had a 32 per cent higher risk of miscarriage compared with women who had not worked any night shifts.

An early menopause could also come from the stress of working late at night, as stress hormones are believed to disrupt sex hormones like oestrogen. Read here to know more.

The Central Government on Monday decided to allow women to work in underground coal mines and also do night shifts in open cast or over ground mines, in a bid to bring about greater gender equality and generate more employment opportunities for women.

Women who work in night shifts may be at a significantly higher risk of breast, skin and stomach cancers, scientists have warned.

Women should not be forced to work in night shifts and companies should, as far as possible, avoid women on the night shift, a committee of legislators has proposed in Karnataka. The proposal has triggered a barrage of protests from activists and civil society, who have called it regressive and argued that if accepted, it will shrink the space for ...

Women who work nights and do heavy lifting on the job may have fewer and inferior eggs than nine-to-fivers, said a study on Wednesday into a potential cause of infertility.

Working night shifts has little or no effect on a woman's breast cancer risk, new research has found, countering the World Health Organisation's 2007 review classifying shift work disrupting the 'body clock' as a probable cause of cancer.