Since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in India, the
unprecedented nation-wide lockdown mandating closure of commercial,
private and industrial establishments (with limited exceptions) has
been extended from time to time since 24.04.2020.
Presently, the lockdown has been extended till 31.05.2020. One
of the most significant fallouts of the government mandated
lockdown across India, has been the exodus of migrant workers who
were left without daily employment or wages, and also payment of
wages to workers for the time they have been unable to attend work
due to implementation of lockdownrelated measures.
This articles provides an overview of the measures taken by the
Government of India, through the Ministry of Home Affairs
("MHA") and Ministry of Labour and
Employment ("MLE"), to address the
labour law issues arising in the wake of the nation-wide lockdown.
Labour being a concurrent subject, the State governments have also
issued notifications in this regard, some
