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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.  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 Secretary Apurva Chandra clarified that individual companies will be allowed to tweak daily work hours, w...

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 Labour Secretary Apurva Chandra said this provision will comprise a work limit of 48 hours per wee...

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 into effect. The government introduced the codes with the aim to streamline and simplify the country...

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.