Apple and Foxconn win permission for 12-hour shifts for women in India
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Apple and Foxconn win permission for 12-hour shifts for women in India
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#3If I'm following the numbers correctly it seems to functionally come out at max of ~60h/week where ~12 of that would be at an overtime rate. Not sure what that compares to before but it sounds like an increase in both base and overtime limits. Interesting the night shift wasn't allowed for women before.
Re: Apple and Foxconn win permission for 12-hour shifts for women in India
#4Gut Reaction: In what ways is this different from woman nurses in American hospitals regularly working 12-hour (or longer) shifts?
Re: Apple and Foxconn win permission for 12-hour shifts for women in India
#5I have very little understanding of India. While reading the article, it sounds like the changes to Indian labor law would enable more hours to be worked. However, I don't understand whether this is a good or bad thing for the average worker (and/or woman) in India.
Can someone provide more insight? Thanks.
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#6Gut Reaction: In what ways is this different from woman nurses in American hospitals regularly working 12-hour (or longer) shifts?
Nurses take care of people
But yeah we also have 12 hours shift in the west in some industries, I don't feel like it's a goal to strive for though
Re: Apple and Foxconn win permission for 12-hour shifts for women in India
#7Gut Reaction: In what ways is this different from woman nurses in American hospitals regularly working 12-hour (or longer) shifts?
Perhaps it's not worse, but why do we reflexively set the bar at the worst working conditions we can think of?
Re: Apple and Foxconn win permission for 12-hour shifts for women in India
#8Gut Reaction: In what ways is this different from woman nurses in American hospitals regularly working 12-hour (or longer) shifts?
We (the US) are in the top 10 when it comes to hours worked / overworked. Nurses are probably within the top 10 overworked professions within the US. High rates of burnout and stress.
Re: Apple and Foxconn win permission for 12-hour shifts for women in India
#9If I'm following the numbers correctly it seems to functionally come out at max of ~60h/week where ~12 of that would be at an overtime rate. Not sure what that compares to before but it sounds like an increase in both base and overtime limits. Interesting the night shift wasn't allowed for women before.
Previous was max shift of 9 hours and max overtime of 75 hours per three months. Now it is 12 hour shifts with 145 hours of overtime per three months.
So yeah, this comes at 5x12 shifts.
Re: Apple and Foxconn win permission for 12-hour shifts for women in India
#10If I'm following the numbers correctly it seems to functionally come out at max of ~60h/week where ~12 of that would be at an overtime rate. Not sure what that compares to before but it sounds like an increase in both base and overtime limits. Interesting the night shift wasn't allowed for women before.
Previous was max shift of 9 hours and max overtime of 75 hours per three months. Now it is 12 hour shifts with 145 hours of overtime per three months. So yeah, this comes at 5x12 shifts.
A point of comparison - in Norway employers need special dispensation to have workers work more than 100 hours overtime per year (with max 40 regular hours/week and five weeks paid vacation time).