Summary:
Lack of regulation means domestic workers get poor wages, work in shoddy conditions, lack job security and have little social security. Against this backdrop, the SEWA Union is launching a national campaign for safe workplaces for domestic workers. At 3 p.m., a rally and a public meeting in which domestic workers will take part will be held at Martyrs’ Column, Palayam. Domestic workers have been included under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, after earnest efforts. more-inThere is much reluctance to recognise and accept the tasks performed by domestic workers as their workplace is a private household, unlike in other sectors..