How some IT companies exploit and get away

The Govt. always shows favoritism towards IT companies and allows them to get away with some things that Manufacturing firms can not.

For example, for a manufacturing firm employing women and whose size is more than 100 employees, it is mandatory to have a creche facility. However, IT firms are not required to, because they come under "Shops and Establishments" whose act (SEA) doesn't mandate them to provide creche facility.

That's how many Indian IT companies who have a significant woman work-force don't worry when they ask their employees to go on unpaid leave if the employee needs to support her child beyond the allowed maternity and paid leave periods. They don't provide creche facility within their premises ( unlike mftrg firms which have one in the premises...so the Mom can go and check on the baby during lunch or tea break).

This leaves the employee with no other option than taking unpaid leave, once she exhausts the limited maternity and paid leave period (usually around 6 months). For those who can not afford to be on unpaid leave, they have no choice but to rejoin work and leave the (still) young baby in the hands of some unknown baby sitter the whole day.

Sometimes wonder if all that hype about IT revolution really translates into better quality of life ? Some working mothers would definitely not agree.