Domestic Work Policy Brief no. 1
Remuneration in domestic work
This document is part of a series of briefs on issues and approaches to promoting decent work for domestic workers.
This policy brief:
• reviews factors behind domestic workers’ low levels of remuneration;
• presents examples illustrating how countries have used minimum wage setting to protect domestic workers' remuneration;
• explores domestic workers’ vulnerability to abusive practices in relation to payment of remuneration, and possible measures to address them; and
• concludes by proposing points for consideration by concerned policy makers.
• reviews factors behind domestic workers’ low levels of remuneration;
• presents examples illustrating how countries have used minimum wage setting to protect domestic workers' remuneration;
• explores domestic workers’ vulnerability to abusive practices in relation to payment of remuneration, and possible measures to address them; and
• concludes by proposing points for consideration by concerned policy makers.