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JOURNAL OF ETHNIC AND MIGRATION STUDIES
卷 49, 期 20, 页码 5259-5280出版社
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2024.2268989
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Wage theft; migrant workers; COVID-19
This article provides scientific evidence on wage theft experienced by migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the dimensions of this issue and its prevalence among vulnerable migrant workers. Strategies to address wage theft issues are suggested, including changing the behavior of both workers and employers, and combining punitive measures for offending employers with compensatory measures for victimized workers.
The COVID-19 pandemic-related labour market issues and the rapid departure from countries of destination have heightened wage theft issues faced by migrant workers. This article provides scientific evidence on pandemic-induced wage theft experienced by migrant workers with the aim of minimising migrant workers' exposure to similar cases of injustice in the future. The qualitative and quantitative analysis of data on migrant workers who returned to Sri Lanka during the pandemic provides evidence of the dimensions of wage theft. These dimensions include non-negotiable wage reductions and delays in payment of dues, non-payment of salary dues, non-provision of other dues and benefits, unconsented setting off of benefits, non-transparent calculation of benefits and their setting off against other goods and services provided by employer and holding migrant workers in situations of bonded labour. The findings also highlight that non-payment of due wages is more common among vulnerable migrant workers. The article suggests strategies to remedy wage theft issues faced by migrant workers by changing the behaviour of the migrant workers as well as by changing the behaviour the employers. Moreover, the punitive measures to offending employers need to be combined with remedial financial compensation measures to victimised migrant workers.
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