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100 _aNelliat, Shonima
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245 _aFrom overtime to overreach: Decoding Karnataka’s move to extend IT industry’s working hours
260 _aEconomic & Political Weekly
300 _a59(50), Dec 14, 2024: p.13-16
520 _a 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
773 _aEconomic & Political Weekly
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