Synthesizing Knowledge on Risk Situations and the Rehabilitation of Informal Workers: The Case of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The knowledge synthesis of informal workers risk situations and life rehabilitation in the outbreak of COVID-19 aims to synthesize the knowledge, problems situation and occupation and livelihood rehabilitation of informal workers from the COVID-19 outbreak situation through 7 group discussions with academics, social developers, and representatives of informal workers in each occupational group, which consisting of 1) Home-Based Workers 2) Street vendors 3) Massage and restaurant workers 4) Taxi drivers and motorcycles riders 5) Tricycle riders 6) Domestic workers and 7) Waste Pickers during 2 – 30 July 2021, in total of 37 people.

The study found that informal workers had a risk before the outbreak of COVID-19 and during the outbreak which resulted in the problem of occupation, income, debt, and daily expenses. This is considered a common problem among all groups of informal workers. While the solution to occupation and livelihood rehabilitation for informal workers needs to promote term of accessing to jobs and secured incomes, resources, and occupation capital, health care, social protection, group forming, and skill development including improving and developing work standards, welfare, social protection, occupational health, and safety at work.