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Introduction: Towards an Understanding of Informality and Precarity and of Some Institutional Developments and Challenges in Labour Markets and Industrial Relations in a Globalizing India Kapitel lesen Erstes Kapitel lesen

2019 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

8. Precarious Flexibilities: Employment Relations in the Indian Information Technology Industry

verfasst von : Secki P. Jose

Erschienen in: Globalization, Labour Market Institutions, Processes and Policies in India

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Abstract

This chapter examines the nature of employment relations in the Indian Information Technology (IT) industry. A detailed review of the regulatory foundations of employment in the industry is combined with insights into the evolving and often tenuous nature of employment-related flexibilities of both IT workers and IT firms. Recent trends in unionization and collectivization in the industry are examined in relation to labour market uncertainties. These are done by drawing linkages between labour regulation and an analysis of aspects of employment relationships in IT work, drawn from empirical field research conducted amongst IT workers in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

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Vorheriges Kapitel Informality in the Indian Automobile Industry
Nächstes Kapitel Representations of Insecurities and the Quest for Voice Among Information Technology Personnel
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This was especially true in 1961 when the Karnataka Shops and Commercial Establishments (SCE) Act was legislated, and the IT industry and IT work were almost non-existent.
 
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The labour department in Telangana, a neighbouring South Indian State, summoned officials of IT firms, in 2017, to clarify about the extent of the layoffs (Vaitheesvaran 2017).
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Precarious Flexibilities: Employment Relations in the Indian Information Technology Industry
verfasst von
Secki P. Jose
Copyright-Jahr
2019
Verlag
Springer Nature Singapore
Buch
Globalization, Labour Market Institutions, Processes and Policies in India

Print ISBN: 978-981-13-7110-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-13-7111-0

Copyright-Jahr: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7111-0_8