New Wage Code: Employees to get 3-day weekly offs, salary and PF to change as well - Details inside
1Many changes have been made under this bill regarding holidays, salary and working hours of the employees.
The work hours of employees are to increase under the New-Wage Code by 9 to 12 hours. According to the Ministry of Labor and Employment, the rule of 48 hours of work in a week will be applicable. Some unions had questioned the rule of 12 hours work and 3 days leave. The government later stated that under the rule of 48 hrs of work in a week, if an employee works for 8 hours then they will get one week off and if someone works 12 hours a day, then that employee will have to give leave for the remaining 3 days.
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