Bengaluru IT Sector To Have 14-Hour Work Day? What Employees' Union Said
NDTV
The Karnataka State IT/ITeS Employees Union said the proposal to change the working hours was presented in a meeting called by the labour department.
Amid a huge uproar over a bill that directed private firms in Karnataka to reserve jobs for Kannadigas, the state government is now planning to raise the IT staff's working hours to 14 per day, the Karnataka State IT/ITeS Employees Union (KITU) said on Saturday.
According to the KITU, the proposal to amend the Karnataka Shops and Commercial Establishment Act to facilitate a 14-hour working day was presented in a meeting called by the labour department with various stakeholders in the industry. Karnataka houses the country's information technology hub Bengaluru.
The Chief Minister Siddaramaih-led government has so far not said anything on the issue.
