GCRF_NF127 A capabilities assessment of Covid-19 changes to the Workers' Rights Act in Mauritius:implications for domestic and migrant workers

GCRF_NF127 对毛里求斯工人权利法的 Covid-19 变更的能力评估：对家庭工人和移民工人的影响

• 批准号: EP/V029193/1
• 负责人: Pratima Sambajee
• 金额: $ 25.43万
• 依托单位: University of Strathclyde
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FV029193%2F1
• 关键词: GCRF_NF127; capabilities; assessment; Covid; 19

The COVID-19 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 was passed by the Government of Mauritius in May 2020 and will be reviewed in December 2021. Landmark changes were made to the Workers' Rights Act (WRA) 2019 which are impacting both domestic and migrant workers. The hardest hit are workers in tourism and hospitality, textile factories and the informal economy. Examples include reduced compensation, withholding of workers'annual leave, facilitation of justified termination of workers' contracts and exemption from negotiations with workers' organisations (unions) by employers prior to reduction of the workforce (Appleby, 2020). Public policies are critical in providing an environment for the development of capabilities and freedom of choice. We use a capabilities approach to assess the impact of the amended WRA on workers, their opportunity set and their freedom to lead lives they value. We will collect survey data from 1200 domestic and migrant workers from Bangladesh and conduct 50 semi-structured interviews with relevant stakeholders to produce evidence-based datasets for the co-development of a policy brief and detailed report in order to inform the Government's review in December 2021.

毛里求斯政府于2020年5月通过了《2020年COVID-19（杂项规定）法》，并将于2021年12月进行审查。2019年《工人权利法》（WRA）进行了具有里程碑意义的修改，对家政工人和移民工人都产生了影响。受打击最严重的是旅游业、酒店业、纺织厂和非正规经济行业的工人。例子包括减少补偿，扣留工人的年假，促进合理终止工人合同，以及在裁员之前雇主免除与工人组织（工会）的谈判（Appleby, 2020）。公共政策在为发展能力和自由选择提供环境方面至关重要。我们使用能力方法来评估修订后的WRA对工人的影响，他们的机会集和他们过他们所重视的生活的自由。我们将收集来自孟加拉国的1200名家庭工人和移民工人的调查数据，并与相关利益攸关方进行50次半结构化访谈，以产生基于证据的数据集，用于共同制定政策简报和详细报告，以便为2021年12月的政府审查提供信息。

项目成果

Quality of Life & Work in Mauritius and Covid-19

生活质量

• 发表时间: 2023
• 作者: Sambajee P

Workers' rights and the capability to function through changes in social policy: Evidence from Mauritius

工人的权利和通过社会政策变化发挥作用的能力：来自毛里求斯的证据

• 发表时间: 2023
• 作者: Sambajee P