THE Textiles Ministry recently made a case for amending labour laws to allow women to work at night in apparel factories and provide overtime for workers to help make the sector globally competitive. "Women should be allowed to work in night shifts in the textiles sector as they also work in shifts in BPOs," Textiles Minister K Sambasiva Rao said at a CII function. "They also want to work in night shifts, but the law does not permit this. So, we will put a Cabinet note in this regard." Besides, he said, the sector wants flexibility in labour laws to allow overtime. The textiles sector is seasonal.
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