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Employers and contractors often hastily send injured labourers back to their home state. Only a handful stay back and fight their case, while others lack awareness about their legal rights and return home empty handed.

Industry hit in Kerala as workers from West Bengal, Assam leave for voting Updated: Updated: Labourers from West Bengal, Assam have gone home to exercise their franchise Share Article Labourers from West Bengal, Assam have gone home to exercise their franchise Kabir Ahmad (name changed), a migrant worker in Perumbavoor, had to spend a small fortune on a flight ticket to return home to Hojai district of Assam last month following his parents’ anguished plea to get back in time for voting. The...