Extension of social protection to self-employed workers: Re-considering the need and the possibilities in light of the Covid19 pandemic
| dc.contributor.advisor | Osiki, Abigail | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hamunakwadi, Phanuel | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-07-17T10:05:33Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-06-05T07:51:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-07-17T10:05:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-06-05T07:51:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description | Magister Legum - LLM | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The research examines the implementation of social protection for self-employed workers within the context of South Africa. The paper argues that unlike formal employees, self -employed workers are excluded from accessing many social protection schemes. This exclusion exists despite the entrenchment of social security as a fundamental right in the Constitution. Factors such as legal exclusion and administrative challenges hinder access to social protection for self - employed workers. As a result, many self-employed workers have limited access, if any to social protectionschemes. The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic deepened the negative effects of the lack of coverage for self-employed workers and reaffirmed the need to include them under the ambit of social protection measures. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10566/15944 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.subject | Covid-19 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Public health | en_US |
| dc.subject | Labour law | en_US |
| dc.subject | Social security | en_US |
| dc.subject | South Africa | en_US |
| dc.title | Extension of social protection to self-employed workers: Re-considering the need and the possibilities in light of the Covid19 pandemic | en_US |