Browsing by Author "Mullagee, Fairuz"
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Item COVID-19 casts a shadow over domestic workers(José Frantz, 2021) Mullagee, FairuzEven though they are recognised as workers and covered by certain labour laws, domestic workers remain one of the most poorly paid and disempowered sections of the workforce. Being a hard-to-organise sector, with weak organisation, exposes them to numerous vulnerabilities. The Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown effort aimed at containing the spread of the virus have highlighted the situation of domestic workers more than ever.Item Domestic work and platformisation in India and South Africa: A look at enablers and barriers(University of the Western Cape, 2022) Mullagee, Fairuz; Nangalia, Nitya; Hiriyur, Salonie MuralidharaGlobally, the domestic work sector is both highly informal and highly feminised. This article will compile learnings from the domestic work sector in two countries of the Global South — India and South Africa — concerning the emerging digital economy and its effects on workers. To do so, it will explore the rise of the platform economy in the context of a digital gender divide and highlight initiatives from India and South Africa seeking to improve access to the opportunities offered by digital platforms as well as empowering platform workers through the development of platform cooperatives.Item Domestic workers in South Africa: inclusion under the compensation of occupational injuries and diseases act(The Thinker, 2023) Mullagee, Fairuz; James, Candice; Osiki, AbigailAfter decades of deliberate exclusion from labour laws and social protection in South Africa, domestic workers have slowly been able to taste the fruits of years of laborious fights for recognition, inclusion, and dignity. On 19 November 2020, the Constitutional Court ordered the inclusion of domestic workers in the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COIDA). This marked another victory for domestic workers. Textual inclusion is a relatively easier feat compared to the real challenge of implementation to give effect to such inclusion. The monitoring of implementation and progress of domestic workers who have benefitted from this inclusion has been relatively underexplored. This study explores the progress made in the development of social protection following the recent inclusion of domestic workers in COIDA, together with the implementation of this law. The article uses desktop research to investigate barriers to the development and implementation of social protection in the domestic work sector. The article highlights the importance of multi-stakeholder collaboration, clear policies from the Department of Labour, and the provision of constructive support for employers in the domestic work sector to facilitate compliance with COIDA.