WHEN the sorry plight of industrial workers was in everyone’s face during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, some public-spirited companies of the Pune belt came together to form the Social Compact.
These companies felt it wasn’t enough to merely provide assistance to workers amid the upheaval of the lockdown, but to address the deeper reasons for their plight.
It was important for employers to publicly pledge to implement at least the prevailing laws governing workers’ rights and benefits. Most big companies would be legally compliant, but perhaps their supply chains weren’t. And. . .
