Govt sets up control room to address worker issues during Covid-19 lockdown

Labour ministry draws up list of 60 officers along with their e-mail IDs and contact numbers, to deal with distress calls from workers who are working under the 'central sphere'

The Union labour and employment ministry has set up control rooms across the country to receive and address on a war-footing, the grievances of workers who have been denied wages or retrenched during the national lockdown.

The labour ministry has made public a list of 60 officers -- essentially labour commissioners in 20 regions across the country -- along with their e-mail address and contact numbers. They will deal with distress calls from workers who are working under the ‘central sphere’.

This comes as a time when there is growing discontentment among workers living in shelter homes or relief camps