SC verdict today on MHA’s order to pay full wages to staff amid lockdown
An order will be issued on Friday on whether to pay full pay to workers of private companies and factories during lockdown.
New Delhi: An order will be issued on Friday on whether to pay full pay to workers of private companies and factories during lockdown. During the last hearing, the apex court had said that no action should be taken against the company owners who were unable to pay the full salaries to the employees till the order of the apex court in these cases.
In the last hearing, the apex court sought a reply from the Centre within a week. In this case, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court in which some industries expressed inability to pay their staff.
The government has said that private companies are anxious to cut the salaries of their employees during lockdown, but industries have called the government's move insufficient. On this, some petitioners opposed the order not to pay full salary.
In addition, several petitions have been filed by various industries, alleging that essential services industries were allowed to work in the lockdown, but most of the workers were ordered to pay full pay to all central government employees.