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Hiring Of Women In Middle And Senior Management Rises In 2020: Report

Hiring Of Women In Middle And Senior Management Rises In 2020: Report

The hiring of women in mid-management to senior level rose  from 18% in 2019 to 43 per cent in 2020, found JobsForHer report.

 

The DivHERsity Benchmarking Report 2020-21, launched by JobsForHer in May 2021 analyses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women's career advancements across the country and across various levels of corporate India.

 

The report collated data from 300+ companies from a wide variety of industries and sectors.

 

The findings further revealed that 41 per cent of startups had achieved their goal of gender diversity hiring in 2020, establishing that several companies are adopting initiatives that help eliminate gender biases to create a more diverse workplace.

 

In 2017, India passed the Maternity Amendment Bill that increased the right to paid maternity leave for working women from 12 weeks to 26 weeks — the third highest in the world.

 

In the survey conducted for the DivHERsity Report, 45% of all companies (large enterprises, startups and SMEs) said that they offer 6 months of maternity leave.

 

The percentage of large enterprises that offer more than the stipulated 6 months of maternity leave increased from 14% in the year 2019 to 20% in 2020.

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