The COVID-19 Pandemic and Human Dignity: the Case of Migrant Labourers in India

Choolayil, Anoop C.; Putran, Laxmi

doi:10.1007/s41134-021-00185-x

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“…The situation becomes grim in case of migrant workers who are usually recruited through private fĳirms and middlemen in the absence of a state-imposed system. They often undergo discrimination and exploitation as the contractors from the "receiving state" usually own the decision-making process, and the migrant labourers are unfamiliar with the socio-cultural fabric of this state (Choolayil and Putran 2021). Thus, the construction worker in the informal sector has little access to labour rights 8 and the women workers 9 face greater discriminatory practices 10 such as lesser wages, non-payment of wages, 11 and lack of legally mandated benefĳits.…”

Section: Migrant Labour In the Construction Sector-key Issues And Cha...mentioning

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Feminist Futures of Work: Reimagining Labour in the Digital Economy

Arora¹,

Raman²,

König³

2023

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<p> The future of work is at the centre of debates related to the emerging digital society. Concerns range from the inclusion, equity, and dignity of those at the far end of the value chain, who participate on and off platforms, often in the shadows, invisible to policymakers, designers, and consumers. Precarity and informality characterize this largely female workforce, across sectors ranging from artisanal work to salon services to ride hailing and construction. A feminist reimagining of the futures of work—what we term as “FemWork” —is the need of the day and should manifest in multiple and various forms, placing the worker at the core and drawing on her experiences, aspirations, and realities. This volume offers grounded insights from academic, activist, legal, development and design perspectives that can help us think through these inclusive futures and possibly create digital, social, and governance infrastructures of work that are fairer and more meaningful. </p>

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Section: Migrant Labour In the Construction Sector-key Issues And Cha...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Feminist Futures of Work: Reimagining Labour in the Digital Economy

Arora¹,

Raman²,

König³

2023

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“…These health and human rights measures will safeguard the health and livelihoods of vulnerable workers. Against such background, we consider health and human rights as an indispensable component of Covid-19-induced comprehensive labor measures (Choolayil and Putran, 2021).…”

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Do comprehensive labor measures reduce the severity of the pandemic? Evidence from India

Kujur

Goswami

2022

IJSE

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PurposeAs a developing country, India initiated several labor measures to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. This study analyzes the impact of the Covid-19-induced comprehensive labor measures by Indian states on the Case Fatality Ratios and Recovery Rates. Such an analysis will provide deeper insights into the importance of labor measures during a health emergency. It will also be a reality check to the existing National Health Policy.Design/methodology/approachThe study examines the four major aspects of labor measures on migration, social security, state-specific needs and health and human rights. The authors use these to formulate a composite labor measure index to comprehend the Covid-19-induced various labor measures. Additionally, the authors apply pooled ordinary least squares and panel random-effects models with the state-wise monthly data to examine the impact of Covid-19-induced labor measures on the severity of the pandemic.FindingsCovid-19-induced comprehensive labor measures reduce fatalities and increase recovery rates. In particular, the measures on labor migration, state-specific needs and health and human rights adopted by the Indian states successfully reduce the Covid-19 fatalities and improve the recovery rates. However, the measures taken to address social security have been ineffective in reducing the severity of the pandemic. The study results are robust to various other specifications.Research limitations/implicationsThe time period covered in this research is very brief and does not account for the qualitative impact of labor measures on the severity of the pandemic. This study specifically addresses the number of Covid-19-induced labor measures and not the resources allocated to their implementations or the number of people who benefited from the measures.Practical implicationsThis study emphasizes the need for subnational comprehensive labor measures to reduce the severity of the pandemic in developing countries. The study confirms the need for effective Covid-19-induced social security measures to cope with the pandemic in India. This study also ascertains the beneficial impact of the measures on migration, state-specific needs and health and human rights.Originality/valueThe authors make a composite labor measure index that captures state-level Covid-19-induced labor measures on diverse aspects, namely migration, social security, state-specific need and health and human rights, hitherto unexplored. In addition, the authors analyze the impact of these labor measures on the severity of the pandemic.

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“…Until now, more than 500 million confirmed cases of the disease and 6.2 million deaths have been reported worldwide (Worldometer). Along with numerous physical problems such as respiratory distress and coagulation‐related disorders, COVID‐19 can enormously affect a person's mental health (Choolayil & Putran, 2021; Pan et al., 2020).…”

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“…The lack of specific treatment protocol for COVID‐19 forced health care providers to rely on secondary strategies to manage the disease in hospitals in addition to symptomatic treatment (Choolayil & Putran, 2021). Although these strategies largely prevented the spread of disease and helped manage the pandemic, they can have many destructive psychosocial effects on patients (Constantino et al., 2020; Galea, 2021).…”

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Exploring COVID‐19 patient's dignity and satisfaction: A cross‐sectional study

Helali Sotoodeh,

Ahmadi Shad,

Zare

et al. 2024

Nursing Open

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AimWith the outbreak of COVID‐19 and associated challenges such as increased workload for health providers and shortage of equipment, it became more challenging to maintain patients' dignity and satisfaction. This study evaluated the patients' dignity and satisfaction with COVID‐19 in Kashan, Iran, in 2021.DesignA cross‐sectional descriptive study.MethodsIn total, 385 patients recovered from COVID‐19 were selected through sequential sampling method. Data were collected using demographic, patient dignity inventory, and patient satisfaction questionnaires. Data were analysed using descriptive analysis, independent t‐test, ANOVA, and Spearman‐Brown coefficient.ResultsThe mean age of patients was 50.57. The mean scores of patients' dignity and satisfaction were 1.622 ± 0.653 and 3.851 ± 0.548 (out of 5), respectively. The dignity rating was associated with age, gender, education, underlying disease, and length of hospital stay (p < 0.05); but patient satisfaction was only associated with education (p = 0.002). The results indicated that dignity and satisfaction have a significant direct correlation (r = −0.23, p < 0.001).Patient or Public ContributionThis study was designed based on the research priorities and needs in the field of clinical research and patients were involved in conducting the study via participating in data collection.

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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Human Dignity: the Case of Migrant Labourers in India

Cited by 11 publications

References 23 publications

Feminist Futures of Work: Reimagining Labour in the Digital Economy

Feminist Futures of Work: Reimagining Labour in the Digital Economy

Do comprehensive labor measures reduce the severity of the pandemic? Evidence from India

Exploring COVID‐19 patient's dignity and satisfaction: A cross‐sectional study

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