The Gautam Buddh Nagar district administration in Uttar Pradesh has said that any worker or employee infected with coronavirus and in isol...
The Gautam Buddh Nagar district administration in Uttar Pradesh has said that any worker or employee infected with coronavirus and in isolation for treatment will get 28 days of paid leave from their employers, PTI reported on Sunday.
In orders passed on Saturday night, the administration added that shops, industries and factories closed because of the lockdown will have to provide a daily wage along with leave to their workers.
Gautam Buddh Nagar District Magistrate BN Singh said the Uttar Pradesh government has already declared the pandemic a “disaster”. “Workers and employees who are infected with COVID-19 and kept in isolation for treatment will get 28 days’ paid leave,” he said. “This will be done only when such patients produce a certificate of treatment to their employers upon being discharged as healthy.”
Singh said he has invoked the powers vested in him as the district magistrate under the National Disaster Management Act, 2005. He said any violation of the order would attract penalty under Section 51 of the Act. This section provides for one year of imprisonment or financial penalty or both for flouting the order, and two years of jail time if there is any loss of life or property. The magistrate said people can use...
