Swiggy introduces two-day paid monthly period time-off policy for female delivery partners

Food delivery firm Swiggy has introduced a two-day paid monthly period time-off policy for its female delivery partners. Upon opting for the time-off, the delivery partners will receive a minimum earnings guarantee.

In a blogpost, Swiggy said it had onboarded its first female delivery partner in Pune in 2016 and has since then, it has been striving to build inclusivity and diversity across the platform with a commitment towards increasing the number of women delivery partners in Swiggy’s delivery fleet.