Working Hours
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10-hour workday? This state may increase working hours for private sector staff | All details here
Business | Aug 28, 2025, 01:48 PM ISTThe labour department is working on five significant changes in the Maharashtra Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2017.
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Is your boss texting you on weekend? THIS country allows employees to ignore calls, emails
World | Aug 26, 2024, 01:57 PM ISTAustralian employees now have the right to ignore their bosses outside working hours thanks to a new law which enshrines the "right to disconnect."
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Fed up with calls and messages from bosses after office hours? Australia to allow workers to ignore
World | Feb 08, 2024, 02:57 PM ISTReacting to the draft bill, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, "What we are simply saying is that someone who isn't being paid 24 hours a day shouldn't be penalised if they’re not online and available 24 hours a day."
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China forcing people to work 12 hours a day? Tencent, Alibaba, other tech giants' employees complain
World | Oct 17, 2021, 06:57 AM ISTTo 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.
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Centre may allow four-day work week but with longer shifts | Listen to what employees have to say
News | Feb 10, 2021, 04:16 PM ISTThe 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.
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Teachers banned from using cellphones in Rawalpindi
World | Dec 08, 2014, 11:34 AM ISTIslamabad: School teachers in Pakistan's Rawalpindi city have been prohibited to use cellphones during working hours, a media report said on Monday.To ensure implementation of the ban, principals have been directed to collect mobile phones