Many workers were laid off from their jobs after the economic reset. Is it right to sack someone that has toiled for you & your company over the years just because you lost a couple of dollars based on the compulsory shutdown of the economy? Is there really a need to review the terms & conditions of employment for both casual & permanent workers, because this injustice is of pandemic proportion just like COVID-19?
One problem with running a business is that we don't just have infinite money to give away, whenever we feel like it. We have to earn it before we can pay them. It's not about goodwill or ill will. If the government shuts down our ability to earn it, then the workers can't be paid, for the simple reason that there isn't any money there. We're not allowed to print, remember? Only government can.
I think employers are in an impossible position. They seem to have two choices only. One is to save their business and as many of their employees as possible, but not everyone. The other is to let their business go and leave all of their employees without a job. Could the government have supported them in a better way and helped them to save their business and all of their employees? I don't know, but saving some is better than saving none.
In stead of shaking worker, payments as wages in pandemic time may (or may not, if possible) be reduced. The business of all business in pandemic era should not be profit only !