Indians Work Longest, Earn Least With Virtually No Time for Leisure: ILO Report The minimum statutory wage of an Indian worker is the lowest in the world, except for some sub-Saharan African countries. Labourers carry sacks of rice after unloading them from a wagon train at an FCI godown in Guwahati, April 20, 2020. Photo: PTI Labour24/Feb/2021 New Delhi: A new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has revealed that Indians are among the most overworked workers globally while earning the lowest minimum statutory wage in the Asia-Pacific region, barring Bangladesh, reports LiveMint. India ranks fifth in the world among countries with long working hours, often stretching up to 48 hours a week, if not more. Only Gambia, Mongolia, Maldives and Qatar, where a quarter of the population is Indian, have average working hours longer than in India, according to