The Borders of Equality is here to make sense of immigration and political economies around the world. Is there a trade-off between social protection and openness to immigration? Do countries with more generous welfare states also enforce stricter immigration policies? Tune in as our panelists and guests grapple with these questions, broadcast to you from The Hague, Netherlands. The Borders of Equality Podcast is made possible by Leiden University and the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO).
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The Borders of Equality is here to make sense of immigration and political economies around the world. Is there a trade-off between social protection and openness to immigration? Do countries with more generous welfare states also enforce stricter immigration policies? Tune in as our panelists and guests grapple with these questions, broadcast to you from The Hague, Netherlands. The Borders of Equality Podcast is made possible by Leiden University and the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO).
#8 The invisible labour market - Part 2: the regulation of migrant workers amid the pandemic
The Borders of Equality Podcast
22 minutes
5 years ago
#8 The invisible labour market - Part 2: the regulation of migrant workers amid the pandemic
In this episode we discuss the regulation of migrant employment in the Netherlands with Imke van Gardingen, a policy advisor at the Dutch trade union federation FNV. In the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom or the US, there have been Covid-19 outbreaks in slaughterhouses and other workplaces that employ large numbers of migrant workers. People who have been observing working conditions in these sectors were not surprised: cramped working and conditions, and a business model that minimises costs sometimes at the expense of health and safety. Imke explains how this labour market works and how loopholes in state legislation enable it.
The Borders of Equality Podcast
The Borders of Equality is here to make sense of immigration and political economies around the world. Is there a trade-off between social protection and openness to immigration? Do countries with more generous welfare states also enforce stricter immigration policies? Tune in as our panelists and guests grapple with these questions, broadcast to you from The Hague, Netherlands. The Borders of Equality Podcast is made possible by Leiden University and the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO).
