Gravitas | The moonlighting debate: Is it legal to work 2 jobs in India?

Have you heard of moonlighting? It means having a second job outside your regular 9 to 5 job. During the pandemic, employees across sectors picked up side hustles. But does the Indian law even allow you to moonlight? and is it ethical? Listen in to Palki Sharma.

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[richboy]

So it is legal to make employees work for two people in a single salary, but illegal for one person to work two jobs? That sounds fair!

[mattrose]

if employers are worried about employees having a 2nd job then they should start paying salaries that reflect that instead of trying to lowball employees and expecting them to only have the one job

[vinod]

CEOs write books, give speeches and act as board directors of multiple companies. When the highly CEOs can do it then why shouldn't employees.

[meldita]

Ethical or not i don't give a damn. Ethics will not pay my bills. I have 2 jobs. I am productive.

[SmileeBandit]

Its become a necessity to have a second job. Cost of living has significantly increased but wages have not.

[rajkann]

Most of the employees in India are moonlighting only for their one and only employer with no extra benefit. No overtime wages on work done at home.
The employers are overloading the existing workforce so that they take home part of their daily work. This is the ground reality. Most of the employees are left with literally no time for moonlighting for others.

[HornOkay]

Employers can fire anyone at anytime so why not moonlight?

Micromanaging is a past. Assign the task and let person do his work.

[trexleo]

Here in India IT sector employees are treated as slaves 😡😡😡

[alexquest]

The HR was trying to take action on my colleague, who worked in his ancestral fields on the weekend, saying that it was against the moonlighting policy. After many arguments, HR said that if the income reflects in your income tax, it's moonlighting. To which he replied, " I have been working in this company for 6 years and longer still in my fields. I am yet to reach the minimum bracket to pay income tax."

[karthikrajendran]

Makes sense totally, considering the economic situation.

[wsm-]

" An employee that is constantly learning is an asset " 👏🏻👏🏻

[jyotirmoyroy]

It must be legalised, it’s absolutely fine if one can do both the jobs properly.

[bijuach]

Now, that is a curious case of selective burnouts. When employees were overworking without overtime pay for all these years, there were no burnout concerns from employers !

[againsttheunlawful]

Indian school teachers have been moonlighting for years - job as a teacher and tuitions in the evening, although it's considered illegal in many countries.

[biggieshorty]

It shouldn't matter. Your time is yours. They don't own your time unless they want to pay you for 24/7.

[gajanan]

The employers, specially Indian IT companies should be explained by someone that slavery is a crime in most of the countries now.

[garyhaye]

This is so funny! We don't have moonlight in the USA, it's call surviving

[ShakorPicou]

moon lighting is the result of imployers refusal to pay a living wage to employees in order to keep up with the cost of living, forcing them to hold down a second and sometimes a third job to get bye, those second and third jobs could have gone to more impoverished able bodies, if living wages were enforced.

[rahulchitale]

In India it is made compulsary by all companies to work extra hours.
It is expected to do so. Though it is not written, but one who does not put extra hours, will be fired.
Moonlighting should be done.

[kavishwarmokal]

It's India's employer mentality of considering employee as bonded labour, not providing overtime compensation which draft the rules and terms fit favourable for them.
If per hour minimum wage concept applied in India, people don't need to think of moonlighting, but government/politicians don't let that happen since funding for their political parties from corporate will cease.