Moonlighting an emerging challenge for HR. Slides explain the meaning, types, and reasons for moonlighting. It also provides the advantages & disadvantages of moonlighting followed by whether its ethical or unethical; legal or illegal in India. It also discusses the challenges and measures to overcome it briefly. Interested in reading more about moonlighting

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1. Meaning………………………………………………………… 3
2. Types……………………………………………………………. 4-5
3. Reasons…………………………………………………………. 6-7
4. Advantages & Disadvantages……………………………. 8
5. Ethical or Unethical………………………………………… 9-11
6. Legal or Illegal……………………………………………….. 12
7. Challenges……………………………………………………. 13
8. Overcoming Challenges……………………………………. 14
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3. • The concept of working for two
companies/organisations is referred to as
moonlighting.
• US Legal defines it as "a term used to
refer to holding a second job outside of
normal working hours."
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• Moonlighting by employees
means that the full-time employee
of a company takes up an extra
job, usually without the
employer’s knowledge at night.
• Moonlighting is the practice of taking
up a second job or multiple other
work assignments apart from one’s
full-time job and typically without the
primary employer’s knowledge.
• Example one: a person who is a teacher
of a school during the day but runs a
tuition centre in evening
Moonlighting causing compliance
problems and much focus in recent
years as it has become common
among white-collar professionals
after work-from-home business
model introduction.
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4. When employees find it difficult and fails
to manage two jobs in a day it is called as
blue moonlighting.
Failed efforts at moonlighting is called
blue moonlighting
When employees work for part-time after a
regular job it is called as quarter
moonlighting.
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5. When employees spend more than 50
percent of their available time after
regular job in part-time job/additional job
is termed as half moonlighting
When employees work for two full-time
professions/jobs in parallel or build their own
business is termed as full moonlighting.
Employees social status is mostly determined
by their second occupation
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1. Low salaries and incentives
1. Cost of living increasing
2. Discovery of work from home
trend after COVID-19
3. Hiring Freezes
2. Lack of appreciation by employers
3. Monotony and Boredom
5. Pay Cuts during COVID
4. Easy access to job openings &
online test
5. FlexibleWorking Hours
4. Lack of Learning opportunities
6. Lack of job satisfaction

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1. Parallel Income for raising
standard of living
3. Fear of layoffs
4. Entrepreneurial Spirit
1. Upgrading Skills for
different job profile
3. Productive use of time
4. Following Passion
2. Upskilling 2. Paying off debts
5. Side gigs

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2. Negative Impact on employees
physical & mental health
3. Losing expertise, data &
technology to rivals
1. Upgrading Skills
3. Overcoming boredom
4. Additional income
2. Following passion
1. Contradict fundamental purpose
of rest hours, holidays and leave
4. Using company resources
5. Retains Employee

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1. Swiggy Moonlighting: employees
are free to take on any job or
activity that can be completed after
hours or on the weekend without
affecting their productivity or
posing a conflict of interest with the
regular job.
1. IT sectors: Tata Consultancy
Services (TCS), Infosys, IBM, and
Wipro opposed as they believe
that workers would become
distracted while juggling many
tasks and considered it as
unethical.

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If there is no conflict of interest
and the employees
productivity is not affected the
new school enterprise are
ready to embrace and
recognize the moonlighting
among white-collar jobs.
Old school enterprise
prohibits moonlighting
outwardly among its white-
collar employees and views it
as breach of trust.

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2. Tech Mahindra accepted and
ready to include in policy provided
the employees are upfront about it.
3. Minister of State for Electronics
and IT and Skill Development
Rajeev Chandrasekhar supported
and opinioned that it is the future of
work
Many IT companies oppose it and
considers it unethical:
1.Working with rival company
2. Changes of disclosing
sensitive/private information
3. Misuse employers resource
4. Absenteeism
Depends upon employers and terms of appointment
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1. Indian law no specific provision
for moonlighting
2. Minister of State for Electronics
and IT and Skill Development
Rajeev Chandrasekhar supported
and opinioned that it is the future of
work
1. India certain acts prohibit dual
employment
i. The Factories Act of 1948 has
Section 60
ii. Industrial Employment standing
order Act, 1946
iii. Section 65 of the Bombay Shops
and Establishment Act, 1948
iv. Section 9 of the Delhi Shops and
Establishment Act 1954

13. • Increasing trend in white-collar jobs
• Identify if two contributions are made to
PF
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• Lack of specific legal provision
in India. • Check freelance websites – such as
freelancer.com and fivver.com
• Some companies supporting
and others treating it as
unethical
• Freelancing without registering
on platforms or running a start-
up difficult to identify

14. • Inclusion of complete policy outlining what is permitted and what is not.
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• Creating trust and engagement in employees.
• Swiggy have developed a policy allowing employees to moonlight in a
capacity that does not present a conflict of interest and has no negative
effects on productivity.

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