In a very progressive move, food-delivery giant Swiggy has announced a two-day paid monthly period time-off?policy for female delivery partners. Swiggy onboarded its first female delivery partner in Pune and currently has over 1000 women delivery partners.
Swiggy has said that it has been striving to build inclusivity and diversity across the platform ever since it has roped in female delivery partners. The company believes that creating a comfortable environment for women would encourage more women to consider delivering with Swiggy.?
"Discomfort from being out and about on the road while menstruating is probably one of the most underreported reasons why many women don't consider delivery to be a viable gig," Mihir Shah, Vice President of Operations at Swiggy, said in a blog post-Thursday. "To support them through any menstruation-related challenges, we've introduced a no-questions-asked, two-day paid monthly period time-off policy for all our regular female delivery partners," he revealed.?
Swiggy said it onboarded its first female delivery partner in 2016 and has, since then, been committed to increasing the number of women delivery partners in its workforce. In its blog post, the company outlined some of its recent efforts to create an environment that would encourage more women to look upon delivering with Swiggy as a viable option.
People had a lot of nice reactions towards this progressive move :
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Besides their period time-off policy, Swiggy is also working with electric mobility partners to facilitate EV cycles and bikes on rent to help women who don't have access to vehicles.