Flipkart, Zomato, Amazon lead efforts to recruit women for night shifts

India’s e-commerce and delivery giants, including Flipkart, Zomato, and Amazon, are spearheading initiatives to recruit women for night shifts, aiming to enhance diversity within the blue-collar workforce, according to a report by the Economic Times (ET). Many industries are taking active measures to create initiatives that make typically male-dominated industries more gender-neutral. To accomplish this, companies are introducing new policies to enhance the safety of all their workers.

Despite challenges such as social norms, transportation, and safety concerns associated with night shifts, e-commerce and delivery firms are implementing measures to create conducive work environments for women. These initiatives include comprehensive training programmes covering road safety, fire safety, self-defence, prevention of sexual harassment (POSH), and gender sensitisation.