Women Key to Workforce Stability

Retaining women in blue-collar jobs is essential to building a stable workforce, especially as India aims to lead the global labor market, said Guruprasad Srinivasan, executive director and CEO of staffing and workforce solutions provider Quess Corp, adding that India cannot fully realize the benefits of its demographic dividend if half the population remains outside the workforce.

- Sugandha Mukherjee

A joint report by The Udaiti Foundation, an NGO fostering gender balance and diversity in the workplace, and Quess Corp, released on Thursday, reveals that 52% of women with less than one year of experience plan to leave their jobs within the next 12 months. The study covered over 10,000 women in blue-