The new labour code offers an optional four-day work week with conditions, including a 12-hour workday to meet a 48-hour weekly limit. It suits sectors like IT and marketing but poses challenges for industries like healthcare. Employee consent is essential, and overtime pay is required for extra hours. Conditions for four day work-week with three days rest Sajai Singh, Partner, JSA Advocates & Solicitors said to ET Wealth Online that this provision for four days work week under the new labour code rules (central) should not be considered a mandatory provision as it is merely an option, allowing employers flexibility. Singh says: “Charitable organisations, and support functions could also consider this new work week.” According to Singh, companies operating in areas like hospitals, healthcare, hospitality, retail, transportation, logistics, manufacturing, etc. would have a challenge in introducing a 4-day work week. “Many of these industries restrict the working day of employees exposed to certain working conditions and that cannot be changed to 12 hours a day, as it may have a harmful effect on the individual worker”, said Sajai Singh, Partner, JSA Advocates & Solicitors. Read more
This story also appeared in The Economic Times-HR World
