TN Allows IT Sector To Build Trade Unions
Tamil Nadu Govt allows IT (information technology) to form trade unions it is expected that this decision may have a long-term impact as automation begins to hit demand for labour, experts said. Until now, the IT sector has been completely exempted from this law compared with the manufacturing industry, which is highly unionized. Acknowledging employee rights for a strong 4.5 lakh IT workforce in Tamil Nadu, state labour secretary Kumar Jayant in reply to a petition by the labour union wrote, “IT company employees also are free to form trade...