Factories Bill

Industry fumes as Tamil Nadu hold back bill increasing working hours

Trade unions support move, say legislation is against 'basic rights of workers'

Stalin puts Factories Act amendment law on hold after unions' backlash

Soundararajan also said that the ministers had promised to convey the views of the trade unions to Chief Minister Stalin

Managing reform risks

Karnataka cannot relax after its bold move on labour law changes and should focus on their careful execution

Odisha ups overtime limit for factory workers to 115 hrs a quarter from 75

Earlier, several state governments have made similar amendments to their labour laws and increased the work hours

Assam latest to go for labour reforms, plans raising work hours by 50%

Unlike other BJP-ruled states, it isn't doing away with most existing laws, but seeks to introduce fixed-term employment to facilitate direct hiring of contract labour by firms

LS passes Bill to double overtime hours for workers

The Bill was allowed despite strong objection from the Opposition members, who raised concern that this could erode the power of states to decide on the matter