The IT capital on Sunday played host to a mass gathering of IT sector employees demanding a healthy work-life balance.
The Karnataka State IT/ ITeS Employees Union (KITU) had organised the movement rallying under the slogan, “A healthy work-life balance is every employee’s right.”
The protest highlighted key demands, including enforcing daily working hour limits, ending the IT sector’s exemption from the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946, taking strict action against labour law violations, and implementing the “Right to Disconnect.”
“Countries like Australia have already implemented a ‘Right to Disconnect’ law, empowering employees to refuse work-related communications outside of their usual working hours, without fear of penalty, aiming to improve work-life balance. We need a similar right here in India as well that prioritises the mental health of employees,” said Akash S., who works for a U.S.-based startup and was present at the protest.
Over the last year, the discussions about the work-life balance of corporate employees has taken centre stage with a few industry giants defending long working hours. Last year, Infosys founder N. Narayana Murthy advised the youngsters of the country to work 70 hours a week and said that he had done the same throughout his career. Later, in January this year, he said that no one could demand long hours at work, but people should introspect on such issues and understand the need for it.
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