Five keys to Convention 189: more rights for domestic workers

The approval is aimed at securing the rights of domestic workers. fair and less favorable conditions more than any other worker’s conditions.

Thus, the resulting changes ratification of the ILO convention will be next.

Good job

One of the main keys to the approval of the contract is the female employees. Terms worked fair and decentto ensure the fulfillment of human rights without any discrimination -even gender.

Domestic workers already – before the new contract is implemented – has no right unemployment, The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) is already discriminatory and contrary to European law because it didn’t offer the same conditions as any other job.

Thus, they are also freedom association and trade union, the right to collective bargaining. Moreover elimination forced or compulsory labor with the elimination of child labour.

written contract

this transparency It is a right that they will also win, so workers knowledgeable adequate, truthful and understandable reporting of employment conditions in a written contract in accordance with national legislation or collective agreements.

These should contain information about the days. Paid holidays Y break what will they have conditions where they will work, the start date and duration of the contract, the type of work they will do, wages and frequency of payment.

return

It also regulates return conditions guarantees the freedom of migrant domestic workers to negotiate with the employer at the end of their contract. work house residencerest periods and storage of your travel and identity documents.

Therefore, each member must determine, through legislation or other measures, the conditions under which migrant domestic workers will work. has the right to be repatriated to his country in the event of the expiration or termination of the contract. jobs in which they are employed

Agreement and protection with the employer

Employees a freely agree whether they will reside in the household or not where they will work and under no circumstances are they required to stay at home or accompany them during periods of rest or vacation. They will also have the right to keep travel and identity documents.

In addition, the group demands: elimination of withdrawal figurewhen a just cause is not required to dismiss a domestic worker, and in any case and in general he is dismissed with compensation, such as for work.

Protection and compliance

The agreement is also a protection against malicious apps for domestic workers contracted or private organizations. Also, in the event of a larger conflict, the worker must have effective access to courts or other dispute resolution mechanisms in conditions that are generally no less favorable than that of a worker.

all member You can make a formal complaint in an effective way and accessible to ensure compliance with approved national legislation. In addition, the agreement requires: more job inspections to ensure the fulfillment of the specified rights and conditions.

Happiness among MPs

After parliamentary support, different political parties celebrated this approval and demanded the necessary regulatory development to ensure compliance. “This is a matter of justice and dignity,” commented María Dolores Narváez, PSOE’s deputy.

Domestic and care workers groups and the feminist movement before the Congress of Deputies “a historic victory”.

Similarly, Deputy Vice President and Minister of Labor Yolanda Díaz has already suggested that once approved, legislation will be passed that will equalize workers’ rights by providing access to unemployment benefits.

According to May data from the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, people connected to this plan it is in spain 378,178, and the vast majority are women.