While workforce in the fashion industry is protected under the usual labour laws or workplace laws in general, but there might be certain rights which are exclusive to the fashion industry.
With the advent of the new labour reforms, they are applicable to every industry, which includes fashion industry too. The highlight of the labour reforms were the provisions and social security coverage for the gig workers/Contract/platform workers. Gig workers are majorly categorized into those workers who does not come under the traditional ambit of the employee-employer relationship. For e.g. In fashion industry, fashion journalists, journal writers, freelancers/writers. The benefits would include health coverage, maternity benefits, old age, accident insurance and many more. Recognizing gig workers would increase job diversity and aspects in the fashion sector. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman reassured the social security to gig workers in the Union Budget, 2021.
You have a right against any sort of discrimination prevalent in the industry, be it on the basis of sex, identity, race, religion, gender, ethnicity or any other.
With the changing of times, there is a noticeable change in the perception of beauty in the fashion industry, from plus size models to the ethnic diversity in the fashion shows, it is the right of the fashion professionals or models to be treated fairly in the profession and thus equal access to the opportunities.
