Karnataka government will reconsider 12-hour workday law brought by BJP, says CM Siddaramaiah

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The Karnataka government will consider revoking a labour law that facilitates 12-hour workdays and will revert to the previously prescribed eight-hour workdays at establishments in the state, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said. Siddaramaiah made the assurance during a meeting held on Thursday with a delegation of leaders of the Samyukta Horata-Karnataka Forum featuring farmers, Dalits, labour leaders, students and women groups. Trade union activists have been demanding the revoking of the Factories (Karnataka Amendment) Bill, 2023, passed by the previous BJP government in February 2023 which allowed establishments to have 12-hour workdays instead of eight-hour workdays. Advertisement On Thursday, Siddaramaiah...