Telangana Permits 10-Hour Daily Work Hours At Commercial Establishments
The Government of Telangana has announced a new policy allowing employees in all commercial establishments (excluding shops) to work up to 10 hours a day, subject to specific labor safeguards, with an aim to improve the ease of doing business in the state.
The decision, aimed at offering greater flexibility to businesses while ensuring worker protection, outlines that the total working hours for an employee must not exceed 48 hours in a week.
The government has mandated that any work performed beyond the 48-hour weekly limit must be compensated with overtime wages.
Additionally, if an employee works for more than six hours in a single day, they are entitled to take a rest break of 30 minutes.
The total work duration in a day, including overtime, must not exceed 12 hours under any circumstance. Furthermore, the new rules cap the maximum overtime at 144 hours per quarter.
Earlier this year, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra also commented on working hour debate. He said quality of work is more important, not quantity.
On the flip side, Infosys's Narayana Murthy and Larsen & Toubro Chairman SN Subrahmanyan recently advocated for a long workweek. The remarks snowballed into a controversy, with many criticising them over work-life balance.
While on April 2023, the Tamil Nadu Assembly today passed the Factories (Amendment) Act 2023 On Friday, extending the working hours from eight to 12-hour working hours for factory workers. However, the government assured that the total working hours in a week would remain unchanged for the workers who would now have the option to work for four days in a week and avail of three days of leave.
Furthermore, several countries are experimenting with or have adopted a four-day workweek.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Time of India
3 hours ago
- Time of India
Infosys shifts from virtual-only to hybrid hiring
Bengaluru: Infosys has transitioned from a virtual-only mode to a hybrid model of virtual and in-person recruitment. This change likely stems from virtual hires during the pandemic falling short of the necessary requirements. Earlier this year, Infosys terminated 600 employees from its Mysuru campus after freshers failed to clear an internal assessment. During the 2024-25 financial year, Infosys received 44.4 lakh employment applications, interviewed 4.3 lakh applicants, and extended offers of employment to 83,207 applicants. In 2022, Infosys transitioned into a hybrid model of work for its employees and service providers following an extended period of remote work due to the pandemic and continued with the same. In fact, in a recent SEC filing, Infosys stated that the effectiveness of its candidate assessment in a virtual hiring process may be compromised by several challenges. These include the possibility of fake profiles, limited opportunities to build personal rapport, and potential technical issues such as connectivity problems. Infosys also highlighted that continued remote working arrangements expose the firm to the risk of employees engaging in dual employment or moonlighting without obtaining the necessary approvals. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 5 Books Warren Buffett Wants You to Read In 2025 Blinkist: Warren Buffett's Reading List Undo Infosys said that this practice may lead to potential conflicts of interest, breaches of confidentiality, and diminished productivity. You Can Also Check: Bengaluru AQI | Weather in Bengaluru | Bank Holidays in Bengaluru | Public Holidays in Bengaluru For the first time, Infosys called out GCCs in a recent US regulatory filing. Vendor consolidation and global capability centres (GCCs) are being driven by Infosys' data and AI estate management offering. "The goal is not only to consolidate vendors to reduce services spending but also to create a self-funding model to optimise, manage, and transform the data and AI landscape of an enterprise. The self-funding model is driven by committing TCO reduction through AI-fuelled hyper productivity, new services model – vertical consolidation and right shoring," the filing said. Infosys mentioned that some clients are choosing to strengthen their in-house IT capabilities and gain greater control over their technology investments by establishing or expanding their own GCCs in India or other regions such as Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. "While we witness a strong deal momentum, we have also enhanced our capabilities in the GCC scope across consult, sell, build, and deliver functions." Infosys is expanding its capabilities with a full-fledged GCC practice and has appointed Deval Shah, the former MD and country head of India for Danske IT and Support Services India, as its new GCC leader. Shah is the VP and delivery head at Infosys.
Mint
17 hours ago
- Mint
Ease of doing business: Telangana govt allows 10-hr workdays for commercial establishment. Here's what changes for you…
Workers tied to commercial establishments in Telangana may have longer work weeks to look forward to, as the state government has announced a new policy permitting up to 10 hour workdays, according to an ANI report. The policy is subject to specific labour safeguards to ensure the protection of workers, and comes as Telangana aims to improve the ease of doing business, and offer greater flexibility to businesses, the report added. The new policy outlines that the total working hours for an employee must not exceed 48 hours in a week. The government has mandated that any work performed beyond the 48-hour weekly limit must be compensated with overtime wages. If an employee works for more than six hours in a single day, they are entitled to take a rest break of 30 minutes. The total work duration in a day, including overtime, must not exceed 12 hours under any circumstance. The maximum overtime is capped at 144 hours per quarter. Notably, various industrialists and CEOs in India have been advocating for increased work hours and debating over how much more work hours is needed, to much public blowback. But, there have also been some on the opposite side of the spectrum, advocating instead for work-life balance and quality of work vs quantity. Earlier this year, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra joined in on the work hours debate, noting that quality of work is more important, than the quantity of work. On the other side, Infosys' co-founder Narayana Murthy and Larsen & Toubro Chairman SN Subrahmanyan took the brunt of public trolling and criticism for suggesting that Indians should work 70 hour and 90 hours each week, respectively. In April 2023, the Tamil Nadu Assembly also passed the Factories (Amendment) Act 2023, which extended working hours for factory workers from eight to 12-hour daily. However, the government assured that the total working hours in a week would remain unchanged for workers, and instead they would have the option to work for four days in a week and avail of three days of leave. Notably, several countries, particularly in Europe are experimenting with or have adopted a four-day workweek.
NDTV
18 hours ago
- NDTV
Telangana Permits 10-Hour Daily Work Hours At Commercial Establishments
Hyderabad (Telangana): The Government of Telangana has announced a new policy allowing employees in all commercial establishments (excluding shops) to work up to 10 hours a day, subject to specific labor safeguards, with an aim to improve the ease of doing business in the state. The decision, aimed at offering greater flexibility to businesses while ensuring worker protection, outlines that the total working hours for an employee must not exceed 48 hours in a week. The government has mandated that any work performed beyond the 48-hour weekly limit must be compensated with overtime wages. Additionally, if an employee works for more than six hours in a single day, they are entitled to take a rest break of 30 minutes. The total work duration in a day, including overtime, must not exceed 12 hours under any circumstance. Furthermore, the new rules cap the maximum overtime at 144 hours per quarter. Earlier this year, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra also commented on working hour debate. He said quality of work is more important, not quantity. On the flip side, Infosys's Narayana Murthy and Larsen & Toubro Chairman SN Subrahmanyan recently advocated for a long workweek. The remarks snowballed into a controversy, with many criticising them over work-life balance. While on April 2023, the Tamil Nadu Assembly today passed the Factories (Amendment) Act 2023 On Friday, extending the working hours from eight to 12-hour working hours for factory workers. However, the government assured that the total working hours in a week would remain unchanged for the workers who would now have the option to work for four days in a week and avail of three days of leave. Furthermore, several countries are experimenting with or have adopted a four-day workweek.
