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Brazil Ratifies Domestic Worker Convention

February 8, 2018
Tula Connell

Related Topics:: Brazil, Convention 189, domestic workers, ILO, informal economy, Solidarity Center

Following years of campaigning by domestic workers and their allies across Brazil, the government in recent days ratified the International Labor Organization Domestic Workers Convention (No. 189), a binding standard in which domestic workers are entitled to full labor rights, including those covering work hours, overtime pay, safety and health standards and paid leave. Brazil… [READ MORE]

Kenya: Court Rules Employment Law Covers Domestic Workers

May 6, 2013
Tula Connell

Related Topics:: Convention 189, domestic workers, freedom of association, human rights, ILO, informal economy, labor, Solidarity Center, Uhuru Kenyatta, unions, worker rights

Employers in Kenya now must abide by the verbal contracts they make with domestic workers, following a landmark ruling by the nation’s high court that also effectively places domestic workers under Kenya’s employment law. Saying that under the Employment Act, “a verbal contract is a contract that can confer rights and can be enforced,” the… [READ MORE]