Captivity of Negativity

Overtime Labor Lawswith the work to avoid being abrogated.
On the word of Indian labor law, an employee shouldBeyond all these gripes, they are even forced by the
be scheduled to work only for 8hrs a day with oneshameless company to attend some events like
hour break. The same has been revised in manybooze party called as team outing which should be
organizations and optimized to 10 hours a day. Thepurely optional especially for women. At least that day
working hours beyond the restricted time frame putcould be a probability for them to spend some time
into effect by Indian labor law should be calculated aswith their family.
overtime and the worker should be paid overtimeEven their participation in team outing is taken in
allowance for every hour.consideration during their appraisal. Almost 80% of the
How many companies go along with this overtimeemployees are not satisfied with the evaluation. In
labor laws?some companies the evaluator reports are biased and
There are many people working more than twelvethere are some workers getting an employee warning
hours a day without any remuneration. Even knowingletter instead of a salary hike.
the Indian labor standards, they are forced to run theAnticipating trainees
errand. If they fall short they will be incapacitated.Trainees do the same job of a regular employee for a
Employee warning letter or termination of contractminimal stipend. They work hard to become a
letterconfirmed employee of the organization. They even
Many organizations that overrule these Indian laborwork overtime (in the current scenario overtime is
laws always have an "Employee warning letter" or aworking more than 12 hours) for their confirmation.
"termination of contract letter" readymade andThey do not know the overtime labor laws and they
dominate the employees with backing of another linewill not care about it in the early stages. During their
of players called as "trainees". A fresh graduate withappraisal they will realize that all these days their
no experience who does the same job of a regularorganization was playing a shell game with them.
member of staff is titled as a trainee. The trainee willIn most of the cases their training period will be
be saturated with one third of a regular employee'sextended or they will be presented a termination of
salary called as stipend.contract letter. There are some organizations where
Taking this as paranoid the confirmed member of staffthey ask the trainees to pay a huge amount for the
has to comply with the overruled office timings. Theirtraining, to get their confirmation.
understanding is that if they fail to comply with theseThe trainee and employee know that they are in the
odds their position will be replaced by a trainee. Incaptivity, but they do not know where to complain.
simple terms they are alarmed about losing their job.There is no use of discussing it within their team as
Just think of a person coming to office from a longthey are on the same page. They do not know how
distance. The traveling time may be 1 hour and theto fight against this glitch and they do not know who
person works for 12 hours and will be pried bringing hiswill listen to their grievances.
liberty to a constraint. Again spends 1 hour in travel.Points to ponder: Are you aware that these selfish
14hrs gone in a day's life, imagine if the person usesorganizations can control only their employees?
the office cab facility. Additional 1 hour had goneUnderstand that there are many people lost something
waiting for the cab and 360 degree journey. With thethat you have.
remaining 9 hours the worn out person will do what?"Freedom of Speech and Expression" Voice Your
With all this mental agony the employee will continueConcern.