IT industry

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    India’s IT sector: plan for longer working hours prompts backlash

    Reports that IT companies are pressurising the Karnataka government to extend the sector’s legal maximum working day from 12 to 14 hours have provoked a furious reaction, with unions and IT workers warning it will lead to a major deterioration in staff wellbeing.

    By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 08 August 2024

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    Karnataka IT workers demand end to companies’ exemption from labour rules

    Ahead of India’s general election, hundreds of IT employees held a demonstration against alleged “anti-worker practices” in Karnataka’s information technology (IT) and information technology-enabled services (ITeS) sector outside the Labour Commissioner’s office in Bengaluru.

    By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 09 May 2024