Publications on domestic work

  1. Introductory guide

    Labour inspection and other compliance mechanisms in the domestic work sector

    26 November 2015

    This publication aims to contribute to a better understanding of the challenges for compliance in the domestic work sector. It also identifies how countries have defined policies and practices to provide better services to domestic workers and their employers in the domain of working conditions, with a specific focus on labour inspection. The guide provides information in a user-friendly manner, aiming to assist member States to identify practical measures to address non-compliance issues and to better shape the action of relevant institutions, in particular labour inspectorates, to bring the laws protecting domestic workers into practice.

  2. Fact sheet

    Information Passport for Migrant Domestic Workers in Ukraine-Poland Migration Corridor

    11 December 2014

    A passport size brochure, developed as part of the EU funded Global Action Programme for Migrant Domestic Workers and Their Families (GAP-MDW), was designed on request of workers’ organizations to guide Ukrainian domestic workers in Poland through the legal procedures of employment and labour rights of migrant domestic workers.

  3. Fact sheet

    Information Passport for Migrant Domestic Workers in Paraguay-Argentina Migration Corridor

    11 December 2014

    A passport size brochure, developed as part of the EU funded Global Action Programme for Migrant Domestic Workers and Their Families (GAP-MDW), was designed on request of workers’ organizations to guide Paraguayan domestic workers in Argentina through the legal procedures of employment and labour rights of migrant domestic workers.

  4. Publication

    Promoting integration of migrant domestic workers in Europe (Final Evaluation Summary)

    21 November 2013

    Project: RER/11/01/EEC - Evaluation Consultant: Peter Mahy

  5. Domestic workers

    Decent work for domestic workers in Asia and the Pacific: Manual for trainers

    27 June 2012

    Invisible and undervalued no more! Domestic work is now recognized as a true occupation and domestic workers have the right to decent work, respect and dignity just like all other workers. These principles are now enshrined in international labour standards aimed at improving the working and living conditions of the millions of workers - many of them women and girls, and often migrants - caring for the families and households of others.