Firms unable to pay wages must submit balance sheets: Govt to SC

SC extends till June 12 its order asking govt not to take coercive action against employers for not paying salaries

The Centre has justified in the Supreme Court its March 29 direction asking private establishments to pay full wages to workers during the Covid-19 lockdown and said employers claiming incapacity in paying salaries must be directed to furnish their audited balance sheets and accounts in the court.
 

In an affidavit filed in the apex court, the government has said the March 29 directive was a “temporary measure to mitigate the financial hardship” of employees and workers, specially contractual and casual, during the lockdown period and the directions have been revoked by the authority with effect from May 18.
 

The affidavit