New labour codes to allow four-day work week

Why is it in news?
  • According to an official statement, the new labour codes set to be implemented soon and would provide companies the flexibility of reducing the number of working days.
Details:
  • Companies can reduce the number of working days to four days a week.
  • It would also provide free medical check-ups to workers through the Employees State Insurance Corporation.
  • There were concerns about the working hours going up from 10.5 hours to 12 hours.
  • Under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 draft rules, the limit of working hours for a week was 48 hours.





Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 9th Feb 2021