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Government changes name to make it gender neutral
Thursday July 07, 2011 08:01:00 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Respecting
gender sensitivity, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's cabinet
Thursday decided to rename the 'Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act'
as the 'Inter-State Migrant Workers Act'.
The replacement of the term 'workmen' with 'workers' aims to make
the act gender neutral.
"The act will become gender neutral by amending its title and
replacing the word 'workman' and 'workmen' by 'worker' and
'workers' respectively," an official statement said.
The act aims at safeguarding the interest of migrant labours and
workers. The name change was recommended by a Task Force
constituted for amendment of labour laws concerning women and
children.
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