After Murthy’s Long-Hours Push, Infosys Fined in France Over Work-Hours Tracking
The development comes in the background of Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy's controversial comments about working hours in India
Infosys has been fined around ₹2 crore by French labour authorities after its employee working-hours recording system was found to be non-compliant with the country's labour laws.
The penalty was imposed by DRIEETS Île-de-France, the regional labour authority in France. In a stock exchange filing, Infosys said it had received a communication from the authority regarding the collection of the fine, according to Outlook Business.
The labour authority found that the company's system for recording working hours did not fully meet French legal requirements. It raised concerns over the system's reliability, its ability to maintain auditable records, and its monitoring of working hours for certain categories of employees.
French labour law requires employers to maintain accurate and verifiable records of employees' working hours to ensure compliance with the country's statutory 35-hour workweek, overtime limits and mandatory rest periods. The records must also be reliable and available for audit when required.
Narayana Murthy And The Work Hour Debate
The development comes in the background of Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy's controversial comments about working hours in India. Moorthy has on multiple occasions reiterated that Indians should work longer hours. for the country to remain globally competitive. Referring to China’s “9-9-6” work culture, Murthy said that “no individual, no community, no country has ever come up without hard work”, describing the schedule as working from 9 am to 9 pm, six days a week.
