LEGAL QUESTIONS ON COVID-19 & EMPLOYEE RIGHTS
DIGITAL MEDIA MARKETING MB Enterprises
The pandemic COVID-19, has
way it has touched lives of many
COVID-19 lock-down, is an issue that
devastated & dented the economies of
people. This is mentally, socially and
holds deep priorities in terms of the
many countries and has been a cause
economically, as the lockdown and
amount of losses. It is also as employ-
of huge business losses. There are
social distancing are the key reasons
ee are confused mentally, whether
some legal questions that arise in the
behind mental and social effects on
they should be working or not, while
minds of employee regards to their
people. Furthermore, the economic
the pandemic still persists and how
legal rights w.r.t. the COVID-19. It is a
reasons have been due to business
they can tackle the situation if they are
pandemic that still persists despite the
losses, manpower losses, and other
found positive COVID-19?
lockdown getting over since last few
financial and stock market reasons.
months. A main reason for this are the
Although, we are aware of the
impacts that COVID-19 had on the
reasons but still there is less that can
1. CAN ANY EMPLOYEE REFUSE RETURN TO WORK?
whole world and the way the world
be done due to the magnitude of
A question that might have been
has reacted to this pandemic is
people who died all over the world
asked by many people in the corpo-
exemplary. There has been a wide
including, USA, Brazil, United
rate world especially after returning to
history associated with pandemics
Kingdom and India being the top
work. The employee has a reasonable
and epidemics that also includes HIV
nations in terms of deaths. Thus,
right to refuse work if they have a
i.e. AIDS, E-bola, and now Coronavi-
deadly might be the right word for
reasonable ground that working for
rus that is medically known as
such a case scenario which is highly
them is dangerous currently.
COVID-19.
monitored by WHO i.e. World Health Organization.
with the pandemic COVID-19, it’s the
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This is according to Lorenzo Lisi, The partner and head of the Workplace
Apart from the impacts associated The rights of employee, Post
Law Group at Aird & Berlis. The W W W. M B E F O RYOU. C O M
