All news: domestic workers

Nurturing OSH experts, fostering safe and healthy workplace

The ILO in 2015 estimates that one accident case occurs at workplace for every 100,000 workers each day in Indonesia. Meanwhile, the Indonesian Social Security Providers (BPJS) reported that 50.089 occupational accidents cases were registered in...

Students to promote decent work for domestic workers

A series of video and photo story screenings on domestic workers and child domestic workers were conducted at various schools and universities in Greater Area of Jakarta, East Java, South Sulawesi, and Lampung since the beginning of this year to...

Promoting safer and healthier workplaces in Indonesia

Every year on the 28th of April, the ILO has observed the World Day for Safety and Health at Work since 2003. This special reporting highlights initiatives taken by the ILO in Indonesia in promoting safer and healthier workplaces.

Towards a stress-free working environment

Today, many workers are facing greater pressure to meet the demands of modern working life. Psychosocial risks such as increased competition, higher expectations on performance and longer working hours are contributing to the workplace becoming an...

Berlin meeting

ILO welcomes call for stronger efforts to promote decent work and inclusive growth

A meeting between the German Chancellor and the heads of the OECD, WTO, IMF, World Bank and the ILO has agreed on the central role of decent work in meeting policy challenges in the coming year.

Reducing inequalities

ILO: Domestic workers should have the right to rest

ILO publication says domestic workers should enjoy the same right to sufficient rest as other workers.

Our impact, their voice

The scourge of rural Madagascar: Child labour in domestic work

An ILO study in rural areas of Madagascar sheds light on the main causes leading to child labour

Discrimination at work

ILO: 90 per cent of domestic workers excluded from social protection

New ILO study highlights huge decent work deficits for domestic workers throughout the world.

Ensuring protection and rights for domestic workers in Africa

The largest deficits in social security coverage of domestic workers are concentrated in Africa and Asia, where few countries provide legal coverage to the domestic work sector: ILO report.

Decent work

ILO to issue new study on social protection for domestic workers

Press release: Philippine Technical Working Group on Decent Work for Domestic Workers

Kasambahay (Domestic Workers) Day to highlight gains of landmark law for domestic workers

On the third anniversary of the much heralded Kasambahay (Domestic Workers) Law, groups instrumental to its passage will gather once again to review the gains of the law for domestic workers.

International Migrants Day

Imagine a day without migrant workers

ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Arab States Dr. Ruba Jaradat invites us to appreciate what migrant workers give us – and in what conditions – and reflect on what we give them in return.

International Migrants Day

New ILO figures show 150 million migrants in the global workforce

A new ILO statistical study provides estimates on labour migration, including regions and industries where international migrant workers are established and a special focus on migrants in domestic work.

Media Advisory

ILO to issue new global estimates of migrant workers and migrant domestic workers

Promoting decent work for domestic workers in Zanzibar

The Conservation, Hotels, Domestic and Allied Workers Union-Zanzibar (CHODAW-Z), in collaboration with the ILO Country Office in Dar es Salaam, organized a seminar on the promotion of decent work for domestic workers in Zanzibar, on 18 November 2015.

Indonesia and Malaysia discussed ways to improve protection of Indonesian domestic migrant workers in Malaysia

Representatives of relevant government agencies, workers’ organizations and employment providers from Indonesia and Malaysia gathered in Jakarta on 3 November at the two-day Binational Workshop on Recruitment and Protection of Migrant Domestic...

Providing better protection for Indonesian domestic migrant domestic workers in Malaysia

Malaysia is an important country of destination for migrant domestic workers, the majority of which are from Indonesia. The Malaysian Ministry of Human Resources reported that as at June 2013, there were 180,000 documented migrant domestic workers...

Preliminary results of ‘Female Labour Force Survey’ and ‘Situation Analysis of Domestic Workers’ disseminated

On 28th October 2015, the ILO’s Project on Promoting Decent Work for Decent Employment (GE4DE) funded by DFTAD disseminated the findings of two critical surveys i.e. Female Participation in the Labour Force. The findings will be vital in informing...

Domestic workers

ILO to host screening of 'ILO ILO' at the Bangkok International Film Festival

The critically acclaimed film "Ilo Ilo" will be screened on 27 November at SF Cinema in Central World, Bangkok.

Training of mediators and arbitrators on labour dispute resolution and domestic work in Tanzania

ILO trained mediators and arbitrators in Tanzania on labour dispute resolutions related to domestic workers’ complaints including physical violence, child labour and forced labour.