Ethical and Economical Issues of Using Migrant Workers
Final Essay
Research Methodology
Ethical and economical issues of using migrant workers
Submitted to Henry Clayhills Ericsson by Anastasiya Tsishkova on 31.10.10
Introduction
Around 200 million people in the world work away from their home country.
International labor law provides for equality of opportunity and non discrimination at work for all workers, including migrant workers. However, in the international system, citizenship confers exclusive rights to nationals of each country. Deprived of these rights and alien to different societies and cultures in their countries of employment, migrant workers are at a disadvantage.
Migrants have to face many barriers which affect them while trying to find a job. Among these barriers are the following: language, cultural barriers, overseas skills and qualification recognition, lack of work experience, racism.
Economical issues
Workers’ productivity depends on a number of factors, in particular: what they bring to a job, for example, their level of education and skills and how well they are used in the economy. For example, the capital available for them to use, the quality of business organization or work practices, and the ability of the labor market to recognize all their skills, so that they are given appropriate jobs. Immigrants tend to raise average productivity, not only through personal contributions but by bringing learning from elsewhere, for example, new ways to operate businesses efficiently.
On the other hand, increase in the number of low-skilled workers is increasing the overall output of the economy, but also may reduce average productivity, bringing low skills and gravitating towards low capital, low knowledge intensive occupations. On the contrary, when low skilled in-migrants release more productive workers from less productive tasks, the economy experiences an increase in average productivity.
The adverse effects of incoming workforce are that
Research Methodology
Ethical and economical issues of using migrant workers
Submitted to Henry Clayhills Ericsson by Anastasiya Tsishkova on 31.10.10
Introduction
Around 200 million people in the world work away from their home country.
International labor law provides for equality of opportunity and non discrimination at work for all workers, including migrant workers. However, in the international system, citizenship confers exclusive rights to nationals of each country. Deprived of these rights and alien to different societies and cultures in their countries of employment, migrant workers are at a disadvantage.
Migrants have to face many barriers which affect them while trying to find a job. Among these barriers are the following: language, cultural barriers, overseas skills and qualification recognition, lack of work experience, racism.
Economical issues
Workers’ productivity depends on a number of factors, in particular: what they bring to a job, for example, their level of education and skills and how well they are used in the economy. For example, the capital available for them to use, the quality of business organization or work practices, and the ability of the labor market to recognize all their skills, so that they are given appropriate jobs. Immigrants tend to raise average productivity, not only through personal contributions but by bringing learning from elsewhere, for example, new ways to operate businesses efficiently.
On the other hand, increase in the number of low-skilled workers is increasing the overall output of the economy, but also may reduce average productivity, bringing low skills and gravitating towards low capital, low knowledge intensive occupations. On the contrary, when low skilled in-migrants release more productive workers from less productive tasks, the economy experiences an increase in average productivity.
The adverse effects of incoming workforce are that