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In India,the garment industry is disorganized and pre-dominantly in the small-scale sector. More than four million people are employed in Indian garment industry. The garment industry in Delhi, Mumbai, Tirupur, Bangalore and Chennai produce export quality of garments which are being exported to various European countries. In Tamil Nadu, Salem is one of the leading cities in exporting readymade garments to the European countries. There are numerous exporters functioning in the city engaged in exporting of garments. Garment workers particularly women arefacing number of job-related problems due to the nature of work in the garment industry. A study is undertaken to find out the job-related problems faced by the women workers in Salem District of Tamil Nadu, just onehundred and twenty women workers in the garment companies functioning in Salem District have been selected as samples and the necessary data were collected from them by using questionnaire method. In this study, descriptive and inferential analyses have been applied. Mean, standard deviation, simple percentages are selected as the relevant techniques to enlighten the job-related problems the women workers who are facing in this industry. Likewise, inferential statistics like Factor Analysis, Non parametric Friedman Test and Anova tests are also applied in this study.The study has revealed that the maximum women workers in the industry have agreedthat they facing the job-related problems such as Poor wages, High target, Bad working conditions, No expected benefits, Verbal abuse, Heavy work and Poor relationship with co-workers.