11-07-2025
Will move towards 5-day week: Labour minister G Vivek Venkataswamy
HYDERABAD: Labour minister G Vivek Venkataswamy said it was in the interest of IT workers that a decision was taken to allow for agreater number of working hours in a day. 'We would like to slowly move into a scenario akin to Western countries, where employees can get two weekend offs,' the minister said in a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan.
By allowing commercialestablishments to provide for workers to work for 10 hours a day and a total of not more than 48 hours a week, employees have the opportunity to get extended weekends, he said.
Answering questions, the minister said the govt will take action against those responsible in the Sigachi blast case in Patancheru industrial area. 'We are awaiting a report. But the labour department, which gave a report in December last year, clearly mentioned to the company what additional measures were needed for safety,' he said.
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Vivek said the govt was keen on ensuring that gig workers get minimum wages and better working conditions.
He said he has alreadydiscussed the matter with aggregators, and will also talk about it during a CII meeting later this month. The minister said the govt will come up with an Act keeping in mind the welfare of gig workers, also taking a cue from other states including Karnataka. The minister met the public at Gandhi Bhavan in a programme called 'Manthulatho Mukha Mukhi' initiated by TPCC President Mahesh Goud. He said some people from Vikarabad approached him, saying that pattas given to them during the previous Congress govt were cancelled by BRS.
