News and articles on domestic work

  1. COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

    Minimum wages are key for a human-centred recovery from COVID-19

    02 December 2020

    The new ILO Global Wage Report 2020-2021 examines the evolution of real wages around the world, giving a unique picture of wage trends globally and by region. It shows that adequate minimum wages are key for a human-centred recovery from COVID-19 and beyond.

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    COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

    Protect workers both now and after lockdowns ease, says ILO

    28 April 2020

    The International Labour Organization warns that without adequate safeguards for returning workers there could be a second wave of the virus.

  3. © U.S. Pacific Fleet 2022

    COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

    Protect workers both now and after lockdowns ease, says ILO

    28 April 2020

    The International Labour Organization warns that without adequate safeguards for returning workers there could be a second wave of the virus.

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    Domestic Work

    Reforming the migrant domestic work sector in the Arab region vital to welfare of both workers and employers – ILO report

    08 March 2018

    An ILO White Paper outlines policy recommendations to reform the migrant domestic work sector and establish a professionalized and high-quality care economy in the region.

  5. News

    Training Programme for Workers Organizations - Strengthening the capacities of workers organizations on decent work for domestic workers

    23 September 2013

    From the 23rd of September to the 6th of October of 2013, an extensive two-week training programme was organized by the ILO's Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV) in Turin at the International Training Centre of the ILO in Turin, Italy to strengthen the capacities of workers organizations, particularly domestic workers organizations, for the purpose of promoting decent work for domestic workers and the ratification of Convention 189.

  6. Article

    Time for Arabs to live up to their call for social justice by protecting vulnerable workers

    15 August 2012

    Which Arab country will be the first to ratify the Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers?