Some countries have introduced laws to limit working hours for employees. Why are these laws introduced? Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

In the current scenario of extensive industrialisation, there is

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a drastic

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increment in the working

hours

of labourers in the workplace. To overcome

this

problem, some nations have passed

laws

to curtail working

hours

for workers in a business establishment.

This

essay will discuss some reasons for

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the implementation

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of these

laws

and show that these rules are moving the world of enterprise in a positive direction.

Firstly

, one of the reasons for the introduction of limited

hours

for employees is to reduce

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the stress

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of long

hours

, which resulted in fatigue, early retirements and extensive retraining of new employees in the past.

For example

, in countries where

hours

of work are haphazard, the workforce is underpaid, poverty is widespread and companies have unhealthy environments.

In addition

, nations have

also

learnt that an increase in free time for employees was expected to give them more time with their families which was not the case earlier.

Hence

, we can see that these are very good reasons for a reduction and setting a limit on the number of

hours

that a person should work.

Consequently

, those who implemented these

laws

have experienced incredible benefits from them, both societally and economically.

For example

, countries like the USA or France or Japan where these

laws

are sacrosanct, have shown significant economic growth and development.