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Gender difference in labour market stark, finds study
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‘Unemployment of women a pressing problem’
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‘Unemployment of women a pressing problem’
A recent study by the Kochi-based Centre for Socio-Economic and Environmental Studies has revealed strong gender differences in the labour market behaviour of rural youth.
The study conducted in the Maneed panchayat in Ernakulam district through interviews with members of around 644 families just as the COVID-19 lockdown was being imposed in 2020, showed that the proportion of young women (aged 18-40 years) who are employed is less than half of the employed men. The numbers are 33% for women and 70% for men.
Higher wages driving labour migration to Kerala
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Women’s safety and labour mobility too key contributing factors, says study
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Women’s safety and labour mobility too key contributing factors, says study
The significantly higher remuneration for a daily wage worker apart, safety of women workers, rapid urbanisation of Kerala, structural changes in the economy of the State, better opportunities for skill development, and labour mobility continue to fire the engine of long-distance in-migration of unskilled workers into Kerala, says a study by the Kochi-based Centre for Socio-Economic and Environmental Studies.
The study was based on in-depth interviews with more than 50 migrant labourers from 2015 to 2019 as well as focus group discussions in which questions were posed before groups of migrant labourers, their answers analysed and examined. Clarifications were sought from participants in these discussions to ensure that honest views were expresse
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Stung By COVID-19, Indian Businesses Rethink Worker Benefits
More than 90% of India s 450-million strong workforce are informal, recruited through tiers of labour contractors with low wages and no social security benefits such as health insurance or pensions.
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As Kerala s industrial heartland cranks back to life post-lockdown, orders are returning to its printing presses, workshops and chemical plants. But to bosses dismay, many workers are in no hurry to come back from their villages. There is a strong reluctance among the workers to return, said Rajesh Gopalakrishnan, head of an industry association representing 200 small businesses in the southern state.
Stung by COVID-19, Indian businesses rethink worker benefits
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Last Updated: Feb 19, 2021, 11:38 AM IST
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Almost a quarter of the informal workers are migrants who typically travel from their villages to bigger cities in distant parts of the country to work at brick kilns, garment factories, in hospitality or at construction sites.
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Money, rather than a job contract and employer social security contributions, is still the biggest draw for most Indian workers.
MUMBAI: As Kerala s industrial heartland cranks back to life post-lockdown, orders are returning to its printing presses, workshops and chemical plants. But to bosses dismay, many workers are in no hurry to come back from their villages.