5.6.5: Accessible Childcare Facilities for Staff & Faculty

The Labor Law: Nursery for Working Women

The Labor Law requests the employer to avail nursery for the children of working WOMEN as specified below in article 159, on page 63:

Article 159

1. An employer who employs fifty female workers and more shall provide them with a suitable place with adequate number of babysitters to look after the children under the age of six years, if the number of children is ten and more.

2. The Minister may require the employer who employs a hundred women and more in a single city to set up a nursery, either on his own or in conjunction with other employers in the same city, or alternatively to contract with an existing nursery to care for the children of the female workers who are under six years of age during the work periods....