Supreme Court enables private firms to negotiate with staff on earnings for lockdown duration

The Supreme Court on Friday provided personal factory owners and other personal facilities an alternative to work out terms and enter into settlements with their personnel on payment of salaries during lockdown.

A Bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan observed that industry could not make it through without its labourers and workers. The court urged companies and workers to figure out their differences and resume operate in a congenial atmosphere.

It stated that those employers whose factories had continued to work throughout lockdown, though not to full capability, might also participate in talks. With this, the court continued its existing order that no coer