This must be the question on everyone's mind now when India
is headed into Lockdown 4.0. What will now be relaxed and what will
be the consequences of this continued lockdown?
When India announced its first lockdown on March 25, 2020 for 3
weeks, the Government issued an order on March 29, 2020 under the
Disaster Management Act, directing all employers, be it industry,
shops or commercial establishments to pay wages to their workers on
the due dates without deduction for so long as their establishments
are under lockdown. The Government issued this order following
incidents of companies deducting salaries and laying off people
because of reduced business and cash flow during the lockdown.
