{"id":17474,"date":"2020-04-14T10:39:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T10:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=17474"},"modified":"2020-04-14T10:39:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T10:39:43","slug":"ordinance-to-give-states-flexibility-to-raise-work-hours-of-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/ordinance-to-give-states-flexibility-to-raise-work-hours-of-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Ordinance to give states flexibility to raise work hours of employees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Centre to bring an ordinance to give state governments the flexibility to increase the work hours of employees across establishments to 12 hours per day from eight hours, a move aimed at addressing the issue of labour shortage and facilitate companies to maintain social distancing once factories resume operations after lockdown imposed due to Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Top sources told ET that the labour ministry to bring an ordinance to enforce the Code on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSH&amp;WC) that empowers states or &#8216;appropriate authority&#8217; to notify work hours. 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