'The right to sit': Indian law change allows female workers to rest

Mainly female workforce in shops not allowed to sit, lean against a wall or use a lift Cybil Wilson has worked in one of Kerala’s big, shiny, brightly-lit sari shops for 10 years. Her salary at the shop, in Trivandrum, has been consistently low but it is the pain and swelling in her legs that troubles her the most. Her employer forbids Wilson, and the other 120 female sales assistants working across the four floors, from sitting down during a 12-14 hour shift. Continue reading... source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/16/the-right-to-sit-indian-law-change-allows-women-workers-to-rest #Headlines by: Amrit Dhillon

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