BENGALURU: The Karnataka government has directed the private sector in the state not to layoff employees and cut wages due to the nationwide lockdown that has brought nearly all economic and business activities to a standstill. “The labour department has issued a circular directing the private sector employers to abstain from layoffs or unpaid leaves during this countrywide lockdown.
Employees would be paid wages on the due date without any deduction during this period," Shivaram Hebbar, Karnataka’s minister for labour department and sugar, said on social networking website Twitter late on Monday.
According to the directive, the private sector has been asked not to layoff employees, especially casual and contract labourers.