Four in Five Domestic Workers Lack Formal Job Protections, UN Finds
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Four in five domestic workers lack formal job protections, UN finds
This makes them more than twice as likely as other employees to lack effective labour and social protection, making them more vulnerable to working anti-social hours on meagre pay. Many of those being exploited are domestic workers who “make millions of lives possible,” ILO director Sahra Razavi, briefing journalists in Geneva on Tuesday. Invisible, undervalued […]
Geneva, Oct 27 (Latin Press) New estimates by the International Labour Organization (ILO) show that more than four out of five domestic workers in the world today have informal employment, often without effective labour and social protection.The post Informality remains widespread among domestic workers first appeared on News Prensa Latina.
GENEVA – Four out of five domestic workers, worldwide, work in informality and often without effective social protection, showed a report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) released on Tuesday 27. The report “The situation of domestic work in 2025: 15 years after Convention No. 189” [...]
An estimated 66.5 million domestic workers - more than four out of five domestic workers worldwide - were working in an informal sector during 2025. This means that the likelihood of these workers lacking effective labour and social protection is more than double that of other workers, making them more vulnerable to working long hours at inappropriate times and with low wages.
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