Karnataka plans to increase everyday working hours to 10 of the current nine hours, except that it allows more overtime, change in Karnataka and the 1961 commercial system, Hindu reported.
Working hours and working conditions in trades and business facilities in the state are governed by the 1961 trade and commercial foundation Act of 1961 from Karnataka.
The report stated that the change is aimed at simplifying procedures such as keeping and certification of records and certification, especially for smaller devices.
In Karnataka, working hours can be increased to 10 hours a day and 48 hours a week. The total number of hours, including overtime, should not be more than 12 hours a day, the report said.
If the change comes into force, companies in the Information Technology sector are likely to benefit from the most.
In 2019 and 2020, the Union’s government passed four working laws to enable working hours to increase.
Then Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand have approved legislation.
Trade unions are against the design of Karnataka
Trade unions on Wednesday strongly against the alleged step of the Karnataka government extension of everyday working hours in certain sectors, including that.
The Ministry of Labor on Wednesday convened a meeting with representatives of the industry and trade union heads to discuss the proposed amendment to the Act on Trades and Commercial Facilities in Karnataka, which is allegedly trying to increase everyday working hours to 12.
Karnataka State ITes staff Union (Kit) stated that it opposed the proposal and called it in the form of “modern slavery”.
“The government is trying to normalize inhuman conditions. This amendment is not about productivity – it is about the pleasure of corporate bosses by converting human beings into machines,” said Kitu Suhas Adiga.
The Union has appealed to all employees throughout the industry to unite and resist the proposed changes that they claim to seriously affect the balance between work and private life and job security.
The kit noted that the law allowed a maximum of 10 working hours a day, including overtime, and claimed that the proposed change would legalize 12 -hour shifts and facilitated the system of two shifts, which potentially eliminates one third of the labor force.
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