The Supreme Court said states should facilitate negotiations between employees and employers over the payment of wages.
New Delhi:
To alleviate private employers, the Supreme Court said today that no coercive measures could be taken until the end of July against private employers who had not paid workers wages during the closure of the employer. coronavirus.
The Supreme Court said that states should facilitate negotiations between employees and employers over the payment of wages and file their reports with the relevant labor commissioners.
The center was granted four additional weeks by the Supreme Court to file a response on the legality of the notification of March 29 which had ordered the compulsory payment of the full wages during the lockout.
The Union’s Department of the Interior, in its March circular, asked all employers to pay their workers’ wages without any deduction during the closure of their establishments during the closure to contain COVID-19 .
“It cannot be disputed that industry and workers need each other. Efforts must be made to resolve disputes over payment of wages for 50 days,” said a bench of judges, Ashok Bhushan. , Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MR Shah placing orders.
The Supreme Court has declared that those who are ready to work should be allowed to work, notwithstanding wage disputes.
The trial court released the petitions – filed by the Small Scale Industries Association and companies such as the Ludhiana Hand Tools Association, Ficus Pax and others – against the circular of March 29, for a new hearing in the past week of July.
The petitioners accused the government of adopting such orders “without being diligent and thinking about the financial implications for employers”.
The center had argued that the interior ministry’s notification was aimed at “easing the financial straits” of millions of workers and that it had been withdrawn, with employers only having to pay wages for 54 days.
