Health policy for BPO staff: Govt
September 28, 2007, Indiatimes Infotech
Business process outsourcing (BPO) is fast rising among India's major industries, and this news article describes the government's plan to institute a dedicated health policy for the BPO sector by 2008. Workers in the sector, from call centre operators to IT executives, are suffering from high blood sugar and cholesterol levels, heart attacks in their 20s and 30s, and other health problems caused by the stress of their jobs. The rise in these figures has spurred the Ministries of Health and Information Technology to work together to draft an IT workplace health policy. The ministries agree that such a policy is vital for the protection of IT employees and to preserve the image of the BPO sector in India.