Détails du document

Impression et sauvegarde

Rapport/communiqué de presse

Something is Better than Nothing: Enhancing the protection of Indian migrant workers through Bilateral Agreements and Memoranda of Understanding

Date

2012

Auteurs

Piyasiri Wickramasekara

Résumé

This article is about recent interest in MOUs for cooperation on labor migration in Asia, Asia and bilateral MOUs on labor migration, the objectives of MOUs. India’s migration profile in South Asia and the context of MOUs, statistical profile of Indian migration, Indian migrant workers-features of vulnerability, bilateral cooperation: MOUs of India with destination countries, types of bilateral MOUs and agreements and the analysis of MOUs in term of its objective, scope of the agreements, job offeres and the employment contract (UAE, Oman), provisions for the protection and promotion of the welfare of workers, information provision and sharing, dispute resolution, joint committees for monitoring and follow up. This articles also focuses on applicable labor laws, absence of a normative framework to guide the MOUs, the MOUs confer disproportionate powers on employers, absence of enforcement mechanisms, non-operational Joint Committees. Moreover, it also talks about the ineffectiveness of MOUs and other mechanism that can be used to protect migrant workers.

Number of pages

4-49

Institution responsable

Migrant Forum in Asia

Lieu de publication

Philippines

Liens

Mots-clés

Indian Migrant Workers, Memoranda of Understanding Effectiveness

Secteurs économiques

General relevance - all sectors

Types de contenu

Policy analysis, Initiatives de soutien et Statistics on work and life conditions

Groupes cibles

Législateurs, Employeurs et agences de recrutement, Chercheurs et ONG/groupes communautaires/réseaux de solidarité

Pertinence géographique

Inde

Sphères d’activité

Économie, Droit, Gestion des ressources humaines, Socioligie, Travail social et Demography

Langues

Anglais