“Employers” in a Migrant Intensive Industry: Organised Construction in Thane, Maharashtra

Singh, Priyansha; Rawat, Chitra; Aggarwal, Varun; Maskara, Manish

doi:10.1007/s41027-020-00287-6

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“…The reality firms hire subcontracting companies in the construction business wherein the subcontracting companies finally have their micro contractors who are responsible for recruiting and bringing workers on board. (Singh et al, 2020). The reliance on the chain of subcontracting is to reduce the cost of recruitment of labour along with the contractor’s ability to discipline labour and reduce the scope of solidarity among them (Singh et al, 2020; Srivastava, 2019; Sundar, 2005).…”

Section: Languishing Social Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…(Singh et al, 2020). The reliance on the chain of subcontracting is to reduce the cost of recruitment of labour along with the contractor’s ability to discipline labour and reduce the scope of solidarity among them (Singh et al, 2020; Srivastava, 2019; Sundar, 2005). Thus, the non-institutional characteristics of the labour–contractor relationship are also one of the prime factors in driving the precariousness of workers and characterizing labourers as footloose.…”

Section: Languishing Social Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Political Economy of Precarious Work in India: A Case of Languishing Social Policy?

Goswami

2023

Critical Sociology

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The paper critically dissects the contemporary policy landscape and its ability to counter precarious work for construction workers in the Indian context. By focusing on the governance challenges faced by welfare institutions and the pre-existing fault lines exposed by the pandemic, the paper argues that social policies are languishing and inefficient to respond to the challenges of growing precarity. The paper uses Breman’s conception of ‘Footloose labour’ to understand informality related to construction workers and Gilbert and Terrell’s social policy analytical framework to understand the institutional response. The two major arguments that make the social policy languish are the inability of the policy to alter neoliberal employment relationships and the operational challenges that institutions face in implementing welfare schemes for many footloose labourers. Moreover, the situation is further exacerbated by inherent contradictions of the state which is entangled between promoting economic growth through neoliberal policies while consecutively ensuring labour welfare. If the Institutional challenges persist along with the persuasion of neoliberal reforms, footloose labour is only going to be further marginalized and pushed to limits.

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Section: Languishing Social Policymentioning

confidence: 99%