- Since companies are major employers, their cooperation is essential to contain the pandemic
- As on Friday, India had 195 confirmed cases, with four deaths and 20 recoveries
NEW DELHI: The ministry of corporate affairs has asked businesses to extend work-from-home policy for employees to the maximum extent possible, and sought compliance reports on their readiness to fight COVID-19.
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Injeti Srinivas, secretary in the ministry, urged businesses to implement preventive measures including videoconferencing, staggered work timings and work from home policies as well as advisories by public health authorities. The compliance report will have to be submitted in a web form to be made available on Monday.
Since companies and limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are major employers, especially in urban areas, their full cooperation is essential in containing the spread, morbidity and mortality due to the disease, Srinivas said in an advisory.
Source: livemint
