ILC110/III/(B) – Securing decent work for nursing personnel and domestic workers, key actors in the care economy
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3. Prohibition of hazardous work for children, including forced
child labour in domestic work
4. Minimum safeguards to protect young domestic workers
of legal working age from hazardous conditions
(a) Limits on hours of work and prohibition of night work
(b) Restrictions on excessively demanding work
(c) Mechanisms to monitor the working and living conditions
of young domestic workers
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VI.
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Discrimination in employment and occupation
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1. Inclusive anti-discrimination and equality laws
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2. The principle of non-discrimination and the right of domestic workers
to privacy in medical testing
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Related labour rights
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1. Ensuring access to education for young domestic workers
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2. Effective protection from abuse, harassment and violence
(a) Legal protection of domestic workers against all forms of abuse,
harassment and violence
(b) Mechanisms to protect domestic workers against abuse, harassment
and violence
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Accessible complaint mechanisms
Remedies and support for victims
Enforcement and monitoring mechanisms
Provision of guidance and information to workers and employers
Training for public officials
9. Ensuring fair terms of employment and decent working
and living conditions for domestic workers
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I.
Extending to domestic workers the protection afforded
to other workers generally
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II.
The specific situation of live-in domestic workers
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1. Freedom to reach agreement with the employer on whether
to reside in the household
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2. Freedom to leave the household during daily or weekly rest periods
or annual leave
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3. Possession of travel and identity documents
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4. Regulating employer-provided accommodation
(a) Accommodation and board as a form of payment in kind
(b) Conditions of accommodation
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5. Ensuring equality of conditions for live-in and live-out domestic workers
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Obligation to inform domestic workers of their terms
and conditions of employment
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1. Written contracts
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2. Model contracts
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3. Contractual requirements specific to migrant domestic workers
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