BENGALURU: The Karnataka government is considering relaxing laws governing minimum wages, increasing working hours to 100 hours per week from 72 hours, and easing compliance with key labour legislations to help resurrect industries.
In an hour-long video conference call on Saturday with members of the state chapter of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), labour secretary P.
Manivannan said Karnataka can do better than Uttar Pradesh with its own “brand of reforms" to help industries resume operations after the covid-19 related lockdown is further relaxed.
The statements come at a time when state governments like Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh have decided to exempt businesses from complying with labour laws to bring back