To protest against the gruelling work hours, aggrieved Chinese office workers have initiated a 'worker lives matter' campaign, which asks everyone to share their work schedules on an open-access spreadsheet that is being circulated over the internet.
The university directed in a notice that movement within the campus, and movement in and out of the campus will be restricted during the night curfew timing of 10:00 pm to 5:00 am.
The Tamil Nadu government on Sunday announced the extension of the lockdown in the state till March 31, in view of the rising coronavirus cases. Offices, shops and industrial and commercial establishments will continue with staggered working hours.
On Tuesday, Maharashtra reported 6,218 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 21,12,312.
The Indian government might soon allow companies to go ahead with a four-day work week. The Union Ministry of Labour and Employment is working on new labour codes which will make way for a three-day weekend, but will keep the working hours at 48 hours a week, which means employees might be subject to long days.
Government offices in Uttarakhand, including the state secretariat and the Vidhan Sabha, will revert to the working hours as was before the lockdown from June 1.
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However, private offices in the national capital will not come under the government order, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying this is the first experiment of staggered office timings, but next time the AAP dispensation will consider the same for them.
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