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Updated Feb 09, 2021 | 09:02 IST Companies will be allowed to tweak daily work hours, with the consent of their employees, from 8 to 12 hours in a day, as long as the upper limit of 48 hours is not breached. Govt will soon offer companies flexibility to adopt four-day work week.&nbsp New Delhi: The Centre will offer companies the flexibility to choose four-day work week with a ceiling of 48 hours in a week in the final rules that would be notified soon. Union Labour Secre...

Government open to 4-day work week, but with cap on total hours at 48 The centre is not forcing employers or employees to comply with this provision, saying it is being brought to provide flexibility and be in sync with changing work culture. 0 claps Soon, you may have a four-day work week. On Monday, the Centre announced that its new labour codes would soon provide an option for organisations to allow their employees to work for four days a week. Addressing a press briefing on Monday, Union...

The proposal appears unworkable in manufacturing, where machines need to be operated round-the-clock, and project-based sectors like real estate; longer hours may also deter women workforce.

Understanding proposed labour codes: Reform or cause for concern? The labour ministry is formulating relevant rules and regulations to implement the four new labour codes. The four labour codes enacted by the Parliament in 2020 are set to be implemented soon. According to Labour and Employment Secretary Apurva Chandra, the labour ministry is formulating relevant rules and regulations to implement the four new labour codes in the next few weeks. Once the rules are notified, the codes would come ...

labour codes which will make way for a three-day weekend. A survey conducted in 2020 showed that Indian employees feel a four-day workweek concept is at least five years away. Especially given that employees are made to work beyond five days in a week in today’s corporate set-up.The Indian government might soon allow companies to go ahead with a four-day work week. The Union Ministry of Labour and Employment is working on new labour codes which will make way for a three-day weekend, but will ...

Labour Ministry to finalise rules under 4 codes by this week to make reforms a reality soon Besides, the ministry is also progressing to roll out a web portal by June 2021 for registration and other facilities of workers in the unorganised sector, including gig and platform workers and migrant workers as enshrined in her budget speech this year by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. PTI Source: Reuters The Ministry of Labour and Employment is likely...

Senior IAS officer and Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Apurva Chandra, said on Monday that the government is considering the objections raised by the trade unions to 12-hour daily work shift."See, there will be a ...

Govt covsidering objections to 12-hr work shift: Labour Secy(IANS Exclusive) ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Mon, Feb 8 2021 20:06 IST | ​ 0 Views Apurva Chandra, Labour Secretary. Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, Feb 8 : Senior IAS officer and Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Apurva Chandra, said on Monday that the government is considering the objections raised by the trade unions to 12-hour daily work shift. Navneet Mishra New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Senior IAS officer...

However, working hours will remain unchanged

Plan to privatise major ports opposed Updated: Updated: Will oppose implementation of Labour Codes, says union leader Share Article Will oppose implementation of Labour Codes, says union leader A protest was organised by trade unions, owing allegiance to the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), at the Visakhapatnam Port Trust here on Wednesday demanding withdrawal of the proposal to privatise major ports in the country and against the proposed privatisation of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP)....