Swiggy to give 2-day paid monthly period leave to female delivery partners

Other initiatives from Swiggy include enabling access to vehicles, access to hygienic restrooms, implementing safety measures for female delivery partners

In what is potentially a global first, food delivery firm Swiggy has introduced a two-day paid monthly period time-off policy for all the regular female delivery partners. On opting to take this time-off, the delivery partner receives a minimum earnings guarantee.

Other initiatives include enabling access to vehicles, access to hygienic restrooms, implementing safety measures for female delivery partners. Mihir Shah, vice president for operations at Swiggy, said discomfort from being out and about on the road while menstruating is probably one of the most underreported reasons why many women don’t consider delivery to be a viable gig.  

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