A 12-hour workweek in factories is now prohibited in Tamil Nadu due to negotiations with labour unions, according to a government statement released on Monday.
The All India Trade Union Congress and the Centre of Indian Trade groups, two labour groups that opposed the law, were preparing a one-day strike that would affect workers at dozens of industries the following month.
The measure was approved by the Tamil Nadu government last week, but it has not yet become a law. Back then, it stated that anybody who worked 12 hours for four consecutive days would receive three paid days off each week. However, a number of workers had worries about how the law would be properly applied in industries.
The administration passed the bill with the intention of luring large investments and expand youth employment possibilities,” said M.K. Stalin, the state’s chief minister, in a statement on Monday.
The statement said a group of ministers informed union representatives at a meeting on Monday that the state would not compromise on worker welfare and that the longer working hours would only apply to specific types of enterprises approved by the government.
The decision was made with the intention of increasing industrial output in the state, which has drawn investments worth billions of dollars from businesses looking to diversify their supply chains away from China, such as Apple suppliers Foxconn and Pegatron as well as Nike shoemaker Pou Chen.
The state government has just delayed the bill, but it should be withdrawn because there is a possibility It tries to make it come back. The Left Trade Union Centre activist K. Bharathi declared, “We’re going to stand our position.
