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get overtime pay to

physical exhaustion.

amendment,

women and

eight-hour day. As you know, the spirit of the eight-hour

day is to protect the mental and physical well-being of

the employees So that they will not sustain unnecessary

losses because of overtime work. If they work more than

eight hours a day, they will

compensate for their mental and

However, according to the present

young persons can work up to 10 hours a day and the two

hours in excess of the eight hours can be seen as normal

working hours in any one day. Moreover, within these two

extra hours, the employees cannot obtain overtime pay any

more. They will only have normal pay. Thus, they do not

have any gains in fringe benefits by extending their work

day by two hours but their employers will

will have their

marignal cost cut.

marignal

actuality contravening the spirit of the eight-hour day.

The flexibility offers to the industrial undertakings by

the Government therefore

therefore only benefits the employers.

Therefore, the ‍96-hour fortnight is jelly

i

I

thus have reservations about this amendment. I think that

when introducing such amendments the Administration should

adhere strictly to the eight-hour day spirit.

Now, from the technical point of view, the

employers and employees must

amendment says that the

preach

an

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agreement inkespect of the 96-hour fortnight

before it can be worked out. I do not think this is

technically possible, because in present day situation,

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