There is a good news for women employees. Larsen & Toubro (L&T), a leading company in the engineering, procurement and construction sector, has announced to give one day paid leave to its women employees during menstruation. This move of L&T will benefit about 5,000 women employees of the company.
Earlier, some companies like Swiggy and Zomato have also announced to give leave to women on menstruation. However, major business houses have not yet taken a similar initiative. Four states of the country – Bihar, Odisha, Sikkim and Kerala have made provision for menstrual leave for their employees. Last year, the Supreme Court had suggested the government to make a policy on this issue.
L&T Chairman and Managing Director S N Subrahmanyan announced the move at a company event organised to mark International Women’s Day. Subrahmanyan said the exact details of the modalities for implementing the announcement will be worked out by the relevant authorities soon.
This announcement will apply only to women employees of the parent company L&T and will not apply to its subsidiaries engaged in financial services or technology. About nine percent of L&T’s 60,000 employees, or about 5,000, are women. This step, which is going to be implemented immediately, will benefit these women employees.
The announcement comes amid criticism by Subramanian for his comments a few weeks ago asking employees to work 90 hours a week and not stare at their wives. L&T later defended these comments during an internal virtual meeting, saying it was in line with nation-building initiatives.
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