In Germany and other europain countries it is against law to keep an establshment open after 9 PM and also workers need to be payed overtime if they stay beyond working hours. In US also companies have to pay overtime salary so managers are discouraged to force employees to spend more hours in office needlessly. In India most of the IT companies run offices which are open 24 hours. IT companies do not invest any money in infrastruture to support workers to work from home if there is any emergency to do in international work enviornment. Managers force workers to attend late night conference calls from office. Due to carro and stick appraoch IT workers are unabele to protest much and family life suffer.
I am sure if Govenment makes it mandatory to pay overtime salary in IT sector and also makes mandatory to make an option available to work from home like USA lot of these problems can be curtailed.
RE:Strict labour laws are required in IT sector
by Bal on Aug 12, 2007 03:00 AM Permalink
I agree to whtever u say. But one thing we need to put our people/employee aswell. they shld be bold and say i wont work after 18:00 hrs. I am in Uk for past 3 years and worked in US and Singapore aswell. Here people work and dont talk during office hours, they dont go for group coffee 3-4 times a day for 10-15 mints. If our plp follow this and say to ur boss, i hv done my work n i am leaving. Just to add i am in IT for 10 years, i leave a 18:00 everyday. if i had to work late, i take a comp off. we need to be smart first, do your work and say, i cant stay late. you can stay 1-2 days in a month. not more than that. indian comp have a very bad attitude towards their employees.
RE:Strict labour laws are required in IT sector
by Sampath Kumar on Aug 10, 2007 11:49 AM Permalink
In general I agree with the suggestion made by Amit, however corrective action will have to be taken collectively (by employee, employer, Govt. family members, everyone in the system). These issues cannot be resolved with a legislation/law this is a long term mind set issue which needs to be trained/tuned appropriately.
Citing examples of how things are done elsewhere will not be applicable for us in India.
RE:RE:Strict labour laws are required in IT sector
by sulagna roy on Aug 10, 2007 12:08 PM Permalink
even though you work from home, you are actually WORKING. as of myself, almost everyday, i have to take conf calls from home.i do lose the fun of enjoying my time with my family.if i dont take these calls, i am sure it will be not long till i am replaced with someone else.The ppl in US or europe hardly work beyond their work hours.Actually it is our mentality which is killing us.I think we forget to say NO to our supervisors and thats what affects us.if u dont work long hours ur appraisal gets affected stating that someone even if less efficient than you has worked long hours gets a better rating.
RE:Strict labour laws are required in IT sector
by Sushim Roy on Aug 11, 2007 11:26 AM Permalink
life is hard dear...got to balance.....as long as you don't know how to do that...you lose thhe meaning of life as a whole....and start living someone else's life.....after everything..what you get is....zero..... change attitude....change job profile if reqiured....life is not slogging like this...
RE:RE:RE:Strict labour laws are required in IT sector
by Sushim Roy on Aug 11, 2007 11:28 AM Permalink
but to be honest sulagna.......people should not marry girls of IT sector .....they are not good wives/homemakers.....they are feminists....very unsuitable
