Working conditions: time for Member States to implement the ILO domestic workers convention

On 28 January 2014 the European Commission welcomed the adoption by the EU's Council of Ministers of a Decision authorising Member States to ratify the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention concerning fair and decent work for domestic workers. The 2011 ILO Domestic Workers Convention requires signatory countries to take measures to ensure fair and decent working conditions and to prevent abuse, violence and child labour in domestic employment.On 28 January 2014 the European Commission welcomed the adoption by the EU's Council of Ministers of a Decision authorising Member States to ratify the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention concerning fair and decent work for domestic workers. The 2011 ILO Domestic Workers Convention requires signatory countries to take measures to ensure fair and decent working conditions and to prevent abuse, violence and child labour in domestic employment.

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Proposal for a Council Decision authorising Member States to ratify the Convention concerning decent work for domestic workers, 2011 https://www.europeansources.info/record/proposal-for-a-council-decision-authorising-member-states-to-ratify-the-convention-concerning-decent-work-for-domestic-workers-2011/

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