Karnataka to hear plea seeking an end to labour exemption to IT
labour commissioner's office has agreed to hear a plea, after the general election, seeking to end the exemption granted to the IT/ITeS sector from the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act.
The development comes after hundreds of IT employees in Bengaluru, under the banner of Karnataka State IT/ITeS Employees Union (KITU), staged a protest in front of the labour commissioner's office last Saturday. The protesters demanded that the Karnataka government do away with the exemption given to the IT/ITeS sector from the Act and extend the law to the sector, thereby allowing fair service conditions to employees regarding working practices, including termination, layoffs and leaves.
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Offering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Professional Certificate in Product ManagementVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Product ManagementVisitMITMIT Technology Leadership and InnovationVisit«The labour commissioner has agreed to have a tripartite meeting along with the employee union and industry body Nasscom after the national elections,» Sooraj Nidiyanga, general secretary of KITU, told ET. The commissioner has assured that all stakeholders will be heard before taking a decision on the standing orders exemption, which will lapse on May 24, Nidiyanga said. Voting in Karnataka in the election will be over on May 7. The IT/ITeS sector, which employs more than two million workers in Karnataka, according to the union.
