ILC110/III/(B) – Securing decent work for nursing personnel and domestic workers, key actors in the care economy
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(c) Measures taken to provide protection for and prevent abuses
of national and migrant domestic workers
347
(d) Bilateral, regional or multilateral agreements protecting domestic workers 351
(e) Measures to ensure that fees charged by PEAs are not deducted
from the pay of domestic workers
352
10. Monitoring, compliance and enforcement in the domestic work sector 355
I.
II.
III.
Access to the courts and to appropriate, speedy, inexpensive,
fair and efficient dispute resolution mechanisms
356
1. Dispute resolution mechanisms
356
2. Measures to ensure effective access to dispute resolution
358
Labour administration and inspection
361
1. Provision of technical information and advice
363
2. Promoting effective cooperation
364
3. Law enforcement
364
4. Penalties
367
5. Other measures
(a) Registers of domestic workers
(b) Interviews with employers, workers and third parties
outside the workplace
(c) Checking of documents
368
368
Information, awareness-raising and training for employers,
workers and the general public
11. The migration of nursing personnel and domestic workers
368
368
369
373
I.
The importance of gender in the migration context
374
II.
International migration of nurses
376
1. Promoting exchanges of nursing personnel, ideas and knowledge
(a) Harmonization of nursing education and training
(b) Cross-border recognition of nursing qualifications and skills
(c) Harmonization of the requirements for authorization to practice
(d) Training exchanges for nursing personnel
378
378
378
380
381
2. Equality of treatment between national and migrant nursing personnel
382
3. Repatriation
384
4. The global shortage of nursing personnel and the “brain drain”
384
5. Disruptions to the international supply of nursing personnel
during the COVID-19 pandemic
385
International migration of domestic workers
386
1. Obstacles encountered by migrant domestic workers
386
2. Measures to promote and ensure migrant domestic workers’ rights
(a) Cooperation between countries of origin, transit and destination
(b) Requirement of a written contract prior to migration
(c) Conditions of repatriation
388
389
391
392
3. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrant domestic workers
393
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