Karnataka's 10-hour workday: Will it impact work-life balance?
The proposed amendment, circulated by the Labour Department among the stakeholders to elicit their response, allows work hours to be increased to 10 a day and 48 a week. The proposal caps the total number of hours of work, including overtime, to 12 hours a day — up from the present 10 hours a day.
We spoke to working professionals in Bengaluru to know what they think about the amendment.
Reporting: Sharath Srivatsa
Video: Ravichandran N, Vivek MV
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