8-hour work days, and how we got there | The Indian Express

8-hour work days, and how we got there | The Indian Express

8-hour work days, and how we got there

MAY 24, 2020 10:08:36 AM

Over 150 years later, amid a pandemic and an economic crisis that has rendered several jobless, as state governments such as Gujarat, UP, Madhya Pradesh and others bring in ‘labour reforms’ that, in some cases, have suspended almost all existing labour laws, the historical background of some of these laws provide a useful context.