Telangana state - pay full salary to security guards and Housekeeping workers, for the COVID 19 lock down?

Contractors or clients who have to pay full salaries to security guards and housekeeping workers for the lockdown period in Telangana state.

Since the outbreak of COVID-19 has been brought under the purview of the National Disaster Management Act, 2005 by the Government of India and various State Governments have already issued guidelines to all employers, it is clear that the loss of earnings to employees caused by the lockdown should be treated as holidays with wages. This equally applies to contract labor as well. It is immaterial who pays wages for such deemed holiday period. Deep down, the ultimate beneficiary of this indirect form of labor, i.e., contract labor, is the Principal Employer.

Therefore, the Principal Employer should pay the wages for the period of lockdown due to their contract labor/security guards. Of course, the difficulties arising from economic slowdown resulting in financial crunch likely to be experienced by small and medium-scale industries, slow rate of recovery anticipated during the couple of quarters following the effective control and elimination of the worldwide epidemic, and the like cannot be simply brushed aside. But the need of the hour is humane consideration for the wage earners.

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This link provides FAQs and answers for employers to read and understand. Salary for the lockdown period has to be paid. This is indeed a tough time for the industry (the whole world), but the nation has the ability and courage to face and overcome it. Sacrifices have to be made for the good of the nation, willingly and happily.

Dear colleagues,

Surely, the employers have to show super sensitivity to the predicament of daily wage earners and employees at large by paying them wages/salaries during this forced shutdown. Their good gesture will go a long way in strengthening a strong mutual bond.

At the same time, when the dust settles down and normalcy returns (hope, it will), it will be the employees' turn to walk the extra mile and reciprocate by putting in extra efforts to make up for losses in terms of sales, production, and finances caused by this unprecedented pandemic that nobody asked for. Sacrifice by both sides for mutual interests will be the need of the hour.

Regards,
Vinayak Nagarkar
HR and Employee Relations Consultant