After Maharashtra and Haryana, UP allows women on night shift in factories

Union labour ministry has long been urging state govs to change their laws to allow women work late nights

In a major labour reform decision, the Uttar Pradesh government has allowed women to work night shift in factories.

Even as existing laws and rules allow women employed in the Information Technology (IT) and IT-enabled services (ITES) sector work the night shift, the same status had been missing for workwomen in factories. Several other states, including Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Haryana had already allowed women to work night shifts in factories by amending relevant Acts.

The union labour ministry has long been impressing upon state governments to effect necessary changes in their laws to allow women work night shifts with