How to ensure the employment of older migrant workers?

In Shanghai, men over the age of 60 and women over the age of 50 are explicitly prohibited from entering the construction site to engage in construction work. Tianjin, Shenzhen, Guangdong, Taizhou, Jiangsu, Nanchang, Jiangxi, Jingzhou, Hubei and other places have also issued documents to manage and restrict the recruitment of over-age migrant workers by construction enterprises. For a time, "retired and over-aged migrant workers in the construction industry" triggered social discussion.

? △ ? Why is it forbidden to recruit people aged 60 and above on construction sites?

Mainly for the consideration of construction quality and workers' safety. 60-year-old is an old man with less energy and physical strength than young and middle-aged workers. The construction site is relatively dangerous, requires high physical strength, and the quality of work and personal safety of elderly workers can not be guaranteed, so it is really incompetent for the construction site work.

According to the law, the Interim Measures of the State Council on Retirement and Resignation of Workers stipulates that men who have reached the age of 60 and women who have worked continuously for ten years should retire. Engaged in underground, high altitude, high temperature, particularly heavy manual labor or other jobs harmful to health, men over 55 years of age, women over 45 years of age, continuous work for ten years, should retire.

According to the Survey Report on Migrant Workers in 2020 issued by the National Bureau of Statistics, the total number of migrant workers in China is 285.6 million, of which the proportion of migrant workers over 50 years old is 26.4%, and the scale of migrant workers over 60 years old is not counted. Judging from the field investigation, the proportion is very large. Behind the phenomenon of over-age migrant workers is not only a security issue, but also a livelihood issue.

Now many areas have clearly issued a document to manage and restrict the recruitment of over-age migrant workers by construction enterprises. Some people think that over-age migrant workers can be transformed into other auxiliary jobs, such as cleaning, security, warehouse management and other relatively easy and safe jobs. The problem is that the jobs of security guards and cleaners are also limited. Another problem is that the wages of security guards and cleaners are low and it is difficult to meet the expenditure pressure of farmers' families. Their actual situation determines that they have no better choice.

How to better guarantee the work of older migrant workers who have contributed to urban construction? This requires the joint efforts of the government and other parties.

Government recruitment

Many local governments encourage giving priority to the recruitment of older migrant workers, and many enterprises in society have also responded, providing many jobs for migrant workers. With the aging of society, migrant workers can only rely on their own labor and life, and they have to earn money to support their families when they are old. Many enterprises give priority to hiring migrant workers, which also provides opportunities. Migrant workers work hard and their wages are not high, which is also good for enterprises.

Establish an association of migrant workers

In some areas, migrant workers' employment associations have been established to help migrant workers. Once migrant workers encounter employment problems, the association can also safeguard the relevant rights and interests of migrant workers and introduce their work.

Older migrant workers are not familiar with the Internet age. If there is a special association to help them find jobs, I believe it will solve many problems for migrant workers.

In fact, migrant workers face many difficulties. The education level of the whole group is relatively low, so they are not competitive in the job market and can only engage in the simplest manual labor.

? If there are difficulties, it needs the coordination and help of the government to solve the problem of returning home for older migrant workers.