Covid-19: Big decision! Check Modi governments advisory on salary and job cuts

Due to the financial strain owing to Covid 19 pandemic, many employers are sacking their staff while some are cutting a part of their salaries. Now, amid all this, a message has been going viral that Modi government has requested All Chief Secretaries to advise employers to not terminate or reduce wages due to COVID-19 lockdown.
 
Reacting to the viral message, the Fact Check Unit of the Press Information Bureau has confirmed that the Labour Ministry was requesting all chief secretaries to advise employers of all establishments to not terminate or reduce wages of their employees amid COVID-19.
 
PIB Fact Check tweeted, "Claim: A circular is doing rounds on social media projecting to be from @LabourMinistry.#PIBFactCheck: Found True! The Ministry has requested all chief secretaries to advise employers of all establishments to not terminate or reduce wages of their employees amid #Covid_19."

https://factcheck.pib.gov.in/ or on Whatsapp No. +918799711259 or email: pibfactcheck@gmail.com. The details are also available on https://pib.gov.in, which is PIB's official website.