Domestic Workers

Employment Relations Act, 2008

This Act seeks to amend and consolidate the law relating to trade unions, fundamental rights of workers and employers, collective bargaining,...

Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service

This final rule revises the duties that fall within the term companionship and the major effect is that more domestic service workers will...

How human traffickers trap women into domestic servitude

More than three million women are forced into servitude as domestic workers every year, often lured to other countries in the Persian Gulf...

Balsewa Benefits: SEWA’s Innovative Child Care Centres and Workers

The Balsewa child care centre model was initiated by the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), a trade union in India, to fill a gap...

“Decent Work for Domestic Workers” Campaign

Report of the Launch of the African Domestic Workers Network

What’s Changed for Domestic Workers since C189? Our Legal Team Unpacks the Progress

16 June 2011 was a momentous day for domestic workers around the globe. After a long, worker-led struggle, the International Labour Organization...

¿Las trabajadoras y trabajadores del hogar y el C189? Nuestro equipo legal analiza los progresos y los desafíos pendientes

English  El 16 de junio de 2011 fue un día trascendental para las trabajadoras del hogar de todo el mundo. 

From Mozambique to Mexico, Domestic Workers are Fighting for their Rights — and Telling their Stories

Domestic workers — those who cook, clean, sweep, and child-mind in private homes across the globe — face unusually challenging circumstances...

Roma, galardonada y candidata a los Óscar y algunas lecturas imprescindibles sobre el trabajo del hogar

El próximo mes, sabremos si el conmovedor retrato del director Alfonso Cuarón Orozco sobre una trabajadora del hogar en México en los años...