Topic
care work
9 published works
Law and Other Things
Unrecognised Status, Visible Struggles, Over-Arching Patriarchy: ASHA Workers and a Quest for Identity | Part 2
By Palak Bothra, Bratati Lahiri
Unrecognised Status, Visible Struggles, Over-Arching Patriarchy ASHA Workers and a Quest for Identity- PART II Introduction This Part is the second of a two-part article on the unrecognised status of…
Law and Other Things
Unrecognised Status, Visible Struggles, Over-Arching Patriarchy: ASHA Workers and a Quest for Identity | Part – 1
By Palak Bothra, Bratati Lahiri
Introduction Accredited Social Health Activists (“ASHAs”), primarily women, are recruited under the National Health Mission (“NHM”) directly by the government. They are clothed as ‘honorary volunteers’, and thus conveniently excluded…
The Law Blog
A Response to Okin’s Woman
By The Law Blog
Kritika Thakur is a fourth-year law student at NLU Delhi. At the fag end of the 20th century, when third wave feminism was just beginning to take form, Susan Okin…
Knowledge Centre
New Immigration Rules for Skilled Workers: What’s Changing in April 2025?
In This Article 1. New Recruitment Rules for Care Workers in England 2. Government Crackdown on Exploitation and Visa Abuse 3. Increase in Minimum Salary for Skilled Worker Visa Applicants…
Health Law Prof Blog
The Care Bureaucracy
Yiran Zhang (Cornell University), The Care Bureaucracy, Ind. L.J. (2023):The state plays an increasingly crucial role in providing home care as an aging population leads to mounting care needs. The…
Kadmos Immigration Blog
The cost of sponsoring a care worker in the UK
From 15 February 2022 the Immigration Rules will change to allow sponsorship of carers and support workers for nursing homes from overseas. Carer workers and home carers will come under…
Knowledge Centre
UK Visa for Care Workers & Home Carers: Update
As we reported last month, in an attempt to alleviate current pressure on the health and social care system as a result of Covid-19, the Home Office recently announced that…
Health Law Prof Blog
Chosen Family, Care, and the Workplace
Deborah A. Widiss (Indiana University), Chosen Family, Care, and the Workplace, Ind. U. Sch. L. Legal Stud. (Research Paper No. 463, 2021):Employees often request time off work to care for…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Taubman on Care Work and the Economy
Phoebe Taubman, a fellow at Equal Justice Works with A Better Balance: The Work and Family Legal Center has written an issue brief for the American Constitution Society, entitled Free…