Key Points
The recent communal unrest in Gurugram is leading to an exodus of blue collar temp workers from Haryana, including Gurugram, that accounts for 5% of such workers across India..
Parking attendants, cab drivers, office peons and security staff from a particular community are leaving the millennial city for safer options, executives across sectors said...
"We are reminded of the reverse migration of Covid-19 times," said an executive of a leading Gurugram-based mall, who requested not to be named, citing sensitivity of the matter...
Calling the informal temp workforce "the most vulnerable", Lohit Bhatia, president of temp staffing apex body, Indian Staffing Federation, said, "When any shock to the economy happens, be it financial reasons or even this incident, the informal workforce are the first to get hit..
Nilesh Dungarwal, CEO of blue collar job platform WorkIndia, which places close to 20,000 people in Delhi-NCR on a monthly basis, said, "The violence has impacted the blue and grey-collar workforce and disrupted normalcy, leading to widespread insecurity and fear among the affected communities..
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