COVID-19 Lockdown India: Best Practices for Essential Services Workers
Workplaces that have been identified as essential services by the Indian government must ensure the well-being of their employees. This includes implementing best practices like flexible work hours, providing health insurance to employees, and discontinuing biometric attendance. India imposed a nationwide lockdown starting March 25, 2020 to prevent the spread of COVID-19 across the country. While most organizations have remained operational as employees work from home, this hasn’t been the case for those classified as essential services by the government. Some of the essential services are hospitals and all related medical establishments including their manufacturing and distribution units, grocery shops, print and electronic media, grocery shops, banks, delivery of essential products through e-commerce, manufacturing units of all essential commodities, and internet and broadcasting services to name a few. As a result, several employees have had to travel to work even during