Legal Protection for Domestic Workers in COVID-19 Pandemic Times in India: Employers Perspectives
Published: 2023
Author(s) Name: Amrita Ghatak and Kingshuk Sarkar |
Author(s) Affiliation: Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
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Abstract
Based on data from Ahmedabad and
Kolkata cities, this paper discusses how
employers perceive domestic workers
and how those perceptions influence the
status of employment, wages and working
conditions as well as the employer-employee
relationships in the ‘new normal’
state post Lockdown phase during
CODIV-19 pandemic in 2020. The results
stand for deterioration in the terms
of employment and employer-employee
relationships. One of the main consequences
has been the reduction of
working hours or loss of job resulting
from fear and restricted mobility due to
confinement measures during
Lockdown. Most of the gated communities
have put unreasonable restrictions
on the movement of domestic workers
and resorted to extra-constitutional
measures to prevent even willing households
from engaging domestic workers
going over and above the Govt. of India
guidelines.
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