Karnataka’s 10-hour workday: Will it impact work-life balance?
In what has riled the trade unions in Karnataka, the State government has proposed to bring an amendment to the Karnataka Shops and Commercial Establishment Act, 1961, to increase the daily working hours to 10 from the current nine hours, besides allowing more overtime hours.
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The Hindu
In what has riled the trade unions in Karnataka, the State government has proposed to bring an amendment to the Karnataka Shops and Commercial Establishment Act, 1961, to increase the daily working hours to 10 from the current nine hours, besides allowing more overtime hours.
The proposed amendment, circulated by the Labour Department among the stakeholders to elicit their response, allows work hours to be increased to 10 a day and 48 a week. The proposal caps the total number of hours of work, including overtime, to 12 hours a day — up from the present 10 hours a day.
We spoke to working professionals in Bengaluru to know what they think about the amendment.
Reporting: Sharath Srivatsa
Video: Ravichandran N, Vivek MV
Editing: Ravichandran N
Published – June 21, 2025 06:14 pm IST
