Now, India is considering the same. Kinda.
As the government finalizes the rules for the new labor codes, the Labor Ministry began talking about giving flexibility to companies to have four working days instead of five or six.
The new labor codes could provide companies with the flexibility of four working days in a week, even as the working hours limit of 48 hours for a week will remain “sacrosanct”, Labor and Employment Secretary Apurva Chandra said.
This implies that there would be longer working hours if the working days were reduced. For example, a 4-working-day week would have to meet the 48-hour weekly work hours, resulting in daily shifts of 12 hours, which will correspondingly reduce if there is a five-day or six-day working week. And the Internet is having mixed feelings about this.
Labour Codes to Allow Four-Day Work Week, Free Medical Check-ups: Centre
Adding that the 48-hour weekly working hours limit will remain, labour secretary Chandra said that employers and workers would have to agree to a change in working days.
Apurva Chandra takes charge as labour secretary. Photo: Twitter/ @PIBMumbai
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New Delhi: The new labour codes would soon provide companies with the flexibility of four working days in a week and free medical check ups to workers through the Employees State Insurance Corporation, labour and employment secretary Apurva Chandra said on Monday. The Ministry of Labour and Employment will soon finalise the draft rules under the labour codes, said news reports.
Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana s relaxed benefits extended for 6 more months
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“Now it has been decided to extend relaxation in eligibility conditions in the Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana for period January 01, 2021 to June 30, 2021 with the same terms and conditions as notified earlier,” the Employees State Insurance Corporation, which is the implementing agency for the scheme, said.
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The labour ministry has issued a draft notification proposing to extend the relaxed benefits under the Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana for another six months from January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021.
“Now it has been decided to extend relaxation in eligibility conditions in the Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana for period January 01, 2021 to June 30, 2021 with the same terms and conditions as notified earlier,” the Employees State Insurance Corporation, which is the implementing agency for the scheme, said.
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 keep the
working hours at 48 hours a week, which means employees might be subject to long days.