Worker shall not take any type of work against interest of employer in addition to his or her job as per legal framework, but the government is not taking up any study on the issue, Parliament was informed on Monday.
When a full-time employee of a company takes up an extra job, usually without the employer's knowledge, it is called moonlighting.
The issue has been in public discourse especially among IT professionals as some of them reportedly resorted to moonlighting during Covid pandemic.
"As per the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act 1946, a workman shall not at any time (type of) work against the interest of the industrial establishment in which he is employed and shall not take any employment in addition to his job in the establishment, which may adversely affect the interest of his employer," Minister of State for Labour & Employment Rameshwar Teli said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.
Teli was replying to a question that whether the government considers moonlighting to be an efficient reason for firing of employees.
About the question that whether the government has observed that lay-offs are happening as a result of moonlighting, Teli stated, "Employment and retrenchment including lay-offs are a regular phenomenon in industrial establishments. No specific information is available to indicate that lay-offs are happening due to moonlighting."
On a question that if the government has undertaken any study on moonlighting in the country, the minister...
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