Publications on domestic work

  1. Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 92

    Migrant and cities: Research report on recruitment, employment, and working conditions of domestic workers in China

    20 June 2017

  2. Publication

    Transnational Migration of Domestic and Care Workers in Asia Pacific

    14 March 2017

    This report examines the patterns of and policies related to migration of domestic and care workers in East and Southeast Asia, a sub-region within Asia.

  3. Publication

    Review of labour migration policy in Malaysia

    02 February 2016

    This report assesses the recent changes to labour migration policy in Malaysia and provides recommendations for further strengthening of the governance framework.

  4. Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 66

    Minimum wage setting practices in domestic work: an inter-state analysis (India)

    10 November 2015

  5. Policy brief

    The growing trend of Vietnamese migrant domestic workers

    15 June 2015

    This policy brief looks at the growing trend of Vietnamese domestic workers who go abroad for jobs and includes recommendations to ensure that they are protected by minimum entitlements.

  6. Publication

    Regional Model Competency Standards: Domestic work

    18 December 2014

    These Regional Model Competency Standards for Domestic Work have been developed by the ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. They constitute a set of benchmarks that define the skills, knowledge and attributes required for domestic work as an employment. The standards are designed to be used as a basis for developing national standards and as a regional reference point.

  7. Domestic workers in the Philippines

    Domestic workers empowerment programme (DWEP): Final project fact sheet

    28 November 2014

    Domestic work is one of the most important occupations for millions of workers, mostly women in the country and around the world.

  8. International Migration Papers No. 118

    Promoting integration for migrant domestic workers in Europe: A synthesis of Belgium, France, Italy and Spain

    20 September 2013

    This report is based on the findings of research conducted in Belgium, France, Italy and Spain, as part of project on “integration of migrant domestic workers in Europe”, implemented by the ILO and its partners with the financial support of the European Union.

  9. International Migration Papers No. 117

    Promoting integration for migrant domestic workers in France (in French)

    19 September 2013

    The French country report of the European research project “Promoting the integration of migrant domestic workers” analyses the trajectories of migrants working in the domestic services sector in France. Although the sector has been significantly transformed, against a background of major socio-demographic changes, this research relates in particular to three groups of paid activities carried out in people’s homes: care for incapacitated adults (dependent elderly and people with disabilities), childcare, and household services used by private individuals (single persons or families) (In French)

  10. International Migration Papers No. 116

    Promoting integration for migrant domestic workers in Belgium

    18 September 2013

    Domestic workers provide an invaluable contribution to societies, yet still too often their work is not valued as such, and they remain a largely hidden and often vulnerable workforce. The Convention of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Decent Work for Domestic Workers, 2011 (No. 189), can be perceived as recognition of the value of domestic work and as a call for action addressing the exclusion of domestic workers from protective regulatory frameworks.