Editing Working time (section)

====India====
{{Further|Indian labour law}}

[[Indian labour law]] has, in theory, offered protection to labour rights. However, the average office worker, women and the IT sector are unofficially forced to work overtime without overtime pay. The software billionaire CEO [[N. R. Narayana Murthy|Narayana Murthy]] recently stated, “Somehow our youth have the habit of taking not-so-desirable habits from the West. My request is that our youngsters must say – ‘This is my country. I want to work 70 hours a week’. This is exactly what the Germans and Japanese did after the Second World War”.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/what-male-ceos-like-narayana-murthy-dont-get-about-working-women-and-the-youth-9037361/|title=What male CEOs like Narayana Murthy don't get about working women and the youth|first=Payal|last=Chawla|newspaper=IndianExpress|via=indianexpress.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/07/india-debate-on-70-hour-workweek-illegal-or-road-to-greatness.html |title=India debate on 70-hour workweek: Illegal or road to greatness? |website=cnbc.com |date=2023-11-06 |access-date=2023-11-28}}</ref> This sparked a national debate with many male CEO's strongly supporting 70-hour workweeks to boost productivity and cover losses due to the Corona Pandemic.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-67269976 |title=NR Narayana Murthy: Why Indians are debating a 70-hour work week |publisher=BBC |date=2023-11-01 |access-date=2023-11-28}}</ref> A 70-hour workweek translates to working approximately 12 hours a day, for six days a week, a phenomenon unofficially occurring in the IT industry.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/smart-living/average-to-poor-work-life-balance-indian-it-sector-employees-forced-to-work-50-hours-a-week/ar-AA1kdlS4 |title=Average to poor work life balance: Indian IT sector employees forced to work 50 hours a week |website=msn.com |date=2023-11-21 |access-date=2023-11-28}}</ref> Women in all workplaces are at risk of overwork despite the existence of work laws. Many women already worked much more than 70 hours a week - at both the office and their homes. [[Ernst %26 Young#Death of Anna Sebastian Perayil|Anna Sebastian Perayil]], a 26-year old a young Chartered Accountant (CA) from Kerala, had started working in the E&Y Pune office on 18 March 2024, but her premature death within 4 months on 20 July 2024 due to stress caused by overwork, [[presenteeism]], exhaustion and fatigue has re-ignited the debate about [[Toxic workplace|toxic work culture]] in India. <ref>{{cite news|url=https://english.jagran.com/viral/after-ey-pune-ca-death-mnc-employee-x-post-on-working-17-to-18-hours-attending-5-am-meeting-draws-reaction-10188665 |title=After EY Pune CA Death, MNC Employee's X Post On Working 17 To 18 Hours, Attending 5 AM Meeting Draws Reaction |publisher=Jagran |date=2024-09-19 |access-date=2024-09-19}}</ref> Since the pandemic began, various Indian CEOs have repeatedly advocated for this work culture.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-62712665 |title=Shantanu Deshpande: Bombay Shaving Co CEO criticised for 18-hour workday advice |publisher=BBC |date=2022-08-31 |access-date=2023-11-28}}</ref>