The law caps the maximum working hours for adults at nine hours each day and 48 hours each week
An Ernst & Young (EY) office in western India, which employed a 26-year-old who allegedly died after facing a high workload, has operated since 2007 without a state permit which regulates work hours, a senior government official told Reuters.
EY faces scrutiny in India over the death of audit executive Anna Sebastian Perayil, which her mother blamed on a “backbreaking” workload in a letter to EY India’s chairman.
The incident has already sparked a federal government investigation.
The need for better efforts to shield employees in high-pressure jobs from faltering physical and mental health has been discussed widely after the death of a junior banker at Bank of America in May, and with JPMorgan last week creating a new role to tackle such concerns.
Maharashtra’s additional labour commissioner, Shailendra Pol, whose team inspected the EY office in the western city of Pune, said it was operating without a mandatory registration under the state’s Shops and Establishments Act.
The law caps the maximum working hours for adults at nine hours each day and 48 hours each week.
