From overtime to overreach: Decoding Karnataka’s move to extend IT industry’s working hours
By: Nelliat, Shonima
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BookPublisher: Economic & Political Weekly Description: 59(50), Dec 14, 2024: p.13-16.
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Economic & Political WeeklySummary: The proposed amendment to the Karnataka shape and commercial establishment’s act, 1961, aiming to extend the information technology and IT-enabled services sectors’ working time to 14 hours is critically analyzed. Emphasizing the significance of labour time in the IT industry and the effects of pro-business intuitional reforms on employee’s well-being are explored. The precariousness of IT jobs, including insecurity, mass layoffs, the absence, of formal contracts, and welfare issues are examined. The state endorsed flexible labour practices exacerbate worker vulnerabilities, thus pressing for a re-evaluation of labour market polices in the tech sector – Reproduced
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | 59(50), Dec 14, 2024: p.13-16 | Available | AR135062 |
The proposed amendment to the Karnataka shape and commercial establishment’s act, 1961, aiming to extend the information technology and IT-enabled services sectors’ working time to 14 hours is critically analyzed. Emphasizing the significance of labour time in the IT industry and the effects of pro-business intuitional reforms on employee’s well-being are explored. The precariousness of IT jobs, including insecurity, mass layoffs, the absence, of formal contracts, and welfare issues are examined. The state endorsed flexible labour practices exacerbate worker vulnerabilities, thus pressing for a re-evaluation of labour market polices in the tech sector – Reproduced
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