70-hour work week violates labour laws, compliance: TeamLease VP
70-hour work week could raise compliance issues as it violates labour laws, a senior official of staffing company TeamLease said on Friday. «If somebody is spending 70 hours (in office), they are going beyond 9 hours. There is a fundamental disconnect, when you are an employee labour law allows you to work 9 hours,» Vice President and Business Head for TeamLease Degree Apprenticeship Dhriti Prasanna Mahanta said.
Former Infosys CEO N R Narayana Murthy had recently advocated for a 70-hour work week, drawing reactions from across the spectrum.
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Offering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Chief Digital OfficerVisitIIM KozhikodeIIMK Chief Product Officer ProgrammeVisitNorthwestern UniversityKellogg Marketing Leadership Development ProgramVisit The cost of employment, if a 70-hour work week is made possible, will also increase, and in a lot of places you are not allowed to pay overtime, he said.
He pointed that this works for entrepreneurs and self-motivated individuals but cannot be accepted due to labour law compliance norms in place.
Speaking to PTI on hiring trends, Mahanta said around 65 per cent of the demand is coming from non-tech sectors for job roles in AI, machine learning and blockchain, especially from sectors like telecom, aviation, retail commerce, fintech, and electronics.
The reason for the increase in the requirement of these profiles is primarily due to investment from both government and the private sector and also the change in customers' buying behaviours post-Covid, TeamLease noted.
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