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Follow-up distress calls of workers strictly: Chief Labour Commissioner

CLC says workers have complained of job losses and non-payment of wages

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Migrants run to board a bus to their native village, during a nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, at Ghazipur Delhi - UP border, Ghaziabad. Photo: PTI

Somesh Jha New Delhi

3 min read Last Updated : Apr 01 2020 | 1:59 AM IST

The Chief Labour Commissioner (CLC) has sent a letter to all the regional heads, telling them to do a “rigorous” follow-up of distress calls from workers, especially the migrants, who are facing troubles due to the nationwide lockdown aimed to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

Significantly, the CLC, who belongs to the Union Labour and Employment Ministry, has acknowledged that there have been instances of job losses and non-payment of wages by employers after the lockdown.

Terming the outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus as a “national crisis”, CLC Rajan Verma said that the labour commissioner’s regional offices “have been getting

Topics : Coronavirus Lockdown

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