Companies can allow their employees to work four days a week.

 4-DAYS WORK 3-DAYS WEEKEND

 

 According to a DNA article, companies are now permitted to permit their employees to work four days a week as opposed to the standard five days under the new labour laws. However, since they will now be working 12 hours per day, individuals who choose a four-day work week will experience a major increase in workload.

1. What are India's four new labour laws?
The Industrial Relations Code, Social Security Code, Code on Wages, and Code on Occupational Safety, Health, and Working Conditions are the four labour codes that will replace 29 labour laws. The 50 crore workers in India make up more than 90% of the unorganised sector. 

2. What will India's new labour law look like in 2022?
The most recent labour legislation would increase the HRA and PF categories of the wage structure while decreasing the take-home pay of the employees. Additionally, according to rumours, new labour rules in 2022 will increase working hours to 12 hours every day.

3. How many hours may an employee in India work per day?
Indian Work Hours and Overtime Pay. Indian Working Hours: According to the Factories Act of 1948, no adult (someone who has reached the age of 18) may work more than 48 hours a week and no more than 9 hours per day. The spread over must not be longer than 10-1/2 hours, as stated in Section 51 of the Act.

4. Which nation observes a four-day workweek?
Iceland is a pioneer in the four-day workweek movement.

Iceland carried undertaken the largest trial of a 35–36-hour workday (reduced from the customary 40 hours) between 2015 and 2019 without any calls for a corresponding decrease in compensation. In the test phase, about 2,500 people participated.

5. In India, are 12-hour shifts permitted?
Working Hours and Holidays

Employees that choose for a 4-day work week will be required to put in 12 hours per day for those four days, as opposed to the standard 8–9 hours that are currently the norm in most businesses. The government mandates that the minimum weekly employment requirement of 48 hours be met.