[COVID-19] Consider Issuing Directions To Treat Quarantine Period As Leave: Karnataka HC To State Govt

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the state government to consider issuing appropriate directions under the Disaster Management Act, for protecting workmen who are forced to undergo quarantine either by reason of infection of COVID-19 or by reason of being primary contacts to ensure that their absence from work is not be treated as leave, by the employers. A division bench...