 bill no xl  of  2014 the working women (basic facilities and welfare) bill 2014 a billto provide for the protection of women from discrimination, and for the basic facilities like creche, recreational facilities, maternity benefits, hostel and transport facilities, etc and for the welfare measures to be taken by the employers and the state for the women employees working in government establishments; public sector enterprises including banks and ports, educational institutions including universities, colleges and schools; factories, mines, plantations, agricultural fields, orchards and such other places and for matters connected therewith and incidental theretobe  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the working women (basic facilities and welfare) act, 2014(2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencement(3)  it shall come into force with immediate effectdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government of that state and in other cases, the central government;(b) "child" includes a still born child;5(c) "employer" means,—(i) in relation to an establishment which is under the control of an appropriate government, the person or authority appointed by the appropriate government for the supervision and control of the employees or where no person or authority is so appointed, the head of the establishment;10(ii) in relation to an establishment under any local self-government or authority, the person appointed by such authority or local self-government for the supervision and control of the employees or where no person is so appointed the chief executive officer by whatever name called of the local self-government or the authority as the case may be;15(iii) in other cases, the person who or the authority which has the ultimate control over the affairs of the establishment;20(d) "establishment" include an office of the appropriate government, quasi government or department including telegraph office, post office, telephone exchange etc, a mine, a plantation, an agricultural field, a hospital or nursing home, a shop or any business establishment, a brick kiln, construction site, any banking establishment, any private office or house, any school, college university or like institution, establishment for the exhibition of equestrian, acrobatic and other performances and any other such place where a woman is employed for any work whatsoever;63 of 1948(e) "factory" means a factory as defined in the factories act, 1948;2514 of 1947(f) "industry" means an industry as defined in the industrial disputes act 1947; (g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act;3 it shall be the duty of the appropriate government to ensure that no discrimination is done by any establishment on gender basis with its women employees particularly in the matter of payment of wages which are paid to her male counterpart in such establishmentappropriate government to ensure nondiscrimination and equal wages for working women30employer to have childcare facilities for working women4 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, every employer shall provide basic child care facilities essential for the children of women workers in his establishment with provision of minimum needs like milk, tiffin, clothes, toys and trained ayahs to look after children of women working therein35(2) the appropriate government shall ensure that every employer of an agriculturalfield provide mobile childcare facilities for the working women in his establishment:provided that two or more such employers may provide such childcare facilitiescollectively for their establishments(3) the appropriate government shall open such number of creches at such places asit may deem necessary for carrying out the purposes of this act40recreational facilities5 the appropriate government shall ensure that every employer provides retiringrooms with facilities like bathroom, latrine, drinking water  at the workplace or worksite of the working women and also provide recreational facilities like radio, television, etc for them and their childrensecurity arrangements6 the appropriate government alongwith the employer shall provide adequate and proper security measures for the safety of working women in the establishment, factory or industry, as the case may be, as well as to and from their places of residencematernity facilities7 it shall be the duty of the appropriate government to ensure reservation of beds and proper and adequate maternity facilities for the working women in the hospitals and dispensaries having indoor patient facilities thereinhostel and transport facilities8 the appropriate government as well as an employer shall provide hostel and residential facilities both for married and unmarried working women nearest to their place of work and shall also provide cheap, safe and quick transport facilities for such working womenprotection from healthhazards9 the appropriate government shall ensure protection from health hazards particularly for the women working in factories or industries like beedi, tobacco, stone mines, cashew, fish processing, salt, silk construction projects and such other establishments as may be prescribed10 (1) the appropriate government shall maintain a register of working women in such manner and at such place as may be prescribed;register of women working(2) the appropriate government may require an employer to furnish for the purposes of this act, such statistical and other information, in such form and within such period as may be prescribedoverriding effect of the act11 the provisions of this act and the rules made thereunder shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith  contained in any  other law for the time being in force, but save as aforesaid the provisions of this act shall be  in addition to and not in derogation  of any other law for the  time being applicable to the working womenpower to make rules12 the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purpose of this act statement of objects  and reasonsdespite the unabated female foeticides and dwindling population of girls in the country and the conservative  attitude of the society towards  women, more and more women are venturing out of their houses to work  to support their families as a result, the number of working women in government services,  factories, industries, commercial  establishments, agriculture, mines, fish processing sector, silk industry and so on so forth is increasing  day by day, but their conditions of employment need  amelioration various basic and essential facilities which are supposed to be  made available to the working women by the government and private employers are either absent or not adequate and satisfactory unfortunately, in most of the private sector including agricultural sector, the facilities are  rather minimal or negligible and the  working women are an exploited lot there the existing labour laws also do not provide  for proper medical, educational, recreational and other facilities for the working women and their children as regards, other social security causes like security, transport, accommodation has also not been made so far in many  establishments they are  not given equal work this discrimination has to be stoppedhence it has become necessary to provide adequate welfare measures  for the working womenhence this billkc tyagi financial memorandumclause  4 of the bill provides for childcare facilities, whereas  clause 5 provides  for recreational  facilities and clause  7 provides for matenity facilities similarly clause 8 provides for hostel and transport facilities for  the working women the bill, if enacted, will involve expenditure  from the consolidated  fund of india it is estimated that a sum of rs two thousand crore may involve  as recurring expenditure per annuma sum of rs five thousand crore may also involve as non-recurring expenditure memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 12 of the bill empowers the  central government to make rules for carrying  out the purposes of the bill the rules will relate to matters of details onlythe delegation of legislative power is of normal character rajya  sabha————— a billto provide for the protection of women from discrimination, and for the basic facilities likecreche, recreational facilities, maternity benefits, hostel and transport facilities,etc and for the welfare measures to be taken by the employers and the state forthe women employees working in government establishments; public sectorenterprises including banks and ports, educational institutions includinguniversities, colleges and schools; factories, mines, plantations,agricultural fields, orchards and such other places and formatters connected therewith and incidental thereto—————(shri kc tyagi, mp)gmgipmrnd—3806rs(s3)—18-12-2014