THIS IS WHAT OLA FOUNDER BHAVISH AGARWAL SAID ON FOXCONN "NOT HIRING MARRIED WOMEN" IN INDIA

Ola's founder and managing director, Bhavish Aggarwal addressed reports against Foxconn's hiring practices. He emphasized that the domestic tech company will continue to employ women, including married women, in its new facilities. Aggarwal stated that Ola has no policy against hiring married women.

What Ola founder said about hiring women

In a recent media briefing, Aggarwal said: “Women are more disciplined and dexterous. We will continue to hire women workforce within our facilities. We have no policies like Foxconn to not hire married women.

Women workforce in India is low and we are doing our part to solve this. While we right now hire for junior-level. We are also trying to hire more women employees for senior management as well.”

Earlier, in an Ola Electric blog post, he wrote: “Today, I am proud to announce that Ola Futurefactory, will be run entirely by women. We welcomed the first batch this week and at full capacity, Futurefactory will employ over 10,000 women, making it the world’s largest women-only factory and the only all-women automotive manufacturing facility globally.”

The company also shared a short clip on YouTube to share the stories of its women workers. Watch the video here:

Allegations against Foxconn’s hiring policy

A recent investigative report has exposed Apple's largest supplier Foxconn for rejecting married women at its iPhone factory in India. The report alleged that the smartphone manufacturer systematically excluded married women from job opportunities at its main iPhone assembly factory located at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu.

As per the report, the contract manufacturer believes that married women have "more family responsibilities" and "issues post marriage," which makes them less desirable employees. This discriminatory practice against a significant portion of the workforce has raised concerns for gender equality in the major tech manufacturing company.