{"id":28443,"date":"2017-06-24T13:55:02","date_gmt":"2017-06-24T08:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/?p=28443"},"modified":"2017-10-16T13:12:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T07:42:04","slug":"bengaluru-bpo-resumes-cab-services-women-night-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/top-news-of-the-day\/news\/bengaluru-bpo-resumes-cab-services-women-night-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengaluru BPO resumes cab services for women in night shift"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"tdi_1\" class=\"tdc-row\"><div class=\"vc_row tdi_2  wpb_row td-pb-row\" >\n<style scoped>\n\n\/* custom css *\/\n.tdi_2,\r\n                .tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n                    min-height: 0;\r\n                }.tdi_2,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"vc_column tdi_4  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<style scoped>\n\n\/* custom css *\/\n.tdi_4{\r\n                    vertical-align: baseline;\r\n                }.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .tdc-elements{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .tdc-elements{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .vc_row_inner{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t    height: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper wpb_text_column td_block_wrap td_block_wrap vc_column_text tdi_5  tagdiv-type td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\"  data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_5\" ><div class=\"td-block-title-wrap\"><\/div><div class=\"td-fix-index\"><p>IDC Technologies, a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/topic\/bengaluru\"> Bengaluru<\/a> BPO firm which had said that it was not responsible for the safety of its women employees once they log out from the office, has now resumed the cab services after complaints were filed against the company.<\/p>\n<p>The matter was brought to light after one of its employees; Manisha Kumari filed a complaint with the IT minister of the state, Priyank Kharge. Kharge had assured strict action as it was clear that the firm had violated the rules.\u00a0<em>India Legal<\/em>\u00a0carried the story (link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/news-of-the-day\/news\/sector-still-unsafe-women-night-shift-27815\">http:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/news-of-the-day\/news\/sector-still-unsafe-women-night-shift-27815<\/a>\u00a0) on June 16.<\/p>\n<p>The firm has now said that the services had to be suspended due to an issue with the cab vendor but now the matter has been resolved and all women employees would be dropped till their doorstep as per the existing rules. As per reports, the company said that it was now in compliance with the state\u2019s Labour and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/topic\/information-technology\">IT<\/a> laws and that the company would take all necessary steps to ensure safety of its women employees. The company has arranged six cabs for pick-up and drop facility for their female employees working in the night shift.<\/p>\n<p>Manisha, a technical recruiter with IDC Technologies had joined the firm in February and she was told that the car services would start a month later but the company did not keep its promise and she later learned that the problem was not recent but two years old. The women employees had to work from\u00a06.30 pm to 3.30\u00a0in the morning, which after complaints was changed to\u00a07.30 pm to 4.30 am. The women had to wait in office till sunrise because to get any transport that early was impossible.<\/p>\n<p>She was harassed thrice on her way back home and the other women employees too had similar experiences. But when they complained to the firm the company clearly told them that it was not responsible for their safety once they move out of the office.<\/p>\n<p>According to the state government\u2019s guidelines, women should be deployed in night shifts only with a letter of consent and they should also get first priority in pick-up and drop facility. The Karnataka government has issued 15 such guidelines, a violation of which can lead to termination of the company\u2019s license.<\/p>\n<p>The Factories Act, 1948, states that transportation till door step should be provided to female employees and that a security guard should accompany them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">\u2014<strong>India Legal Bureau<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[1135,12205,5101,13567],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/IL\/uploads\/2017\/06\/car-336018_1920.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28443"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}