Vijiliya

[Vijiliya @Vijiliya1]

Skill development programmes providing basic as well as highly specialized skills, should be promoted to make domestic work professional, enable an increase in wages, and ensure a better livelihood for domestic workers.#NaanumThozhilali

[Vijiliya @Vijiliya1]

Respective state governments must issue directions to RWAs to comply with the recommendations in the following section to ensure safety and stable livelihoods for domestic workers.#NaanumThozhilali

[Vijiliya @Vijiliya1]

Domestic workers must be accorded the right to collective bargaining.#NaanumThozhilali @ilo @ActionAidIndia

[Vijiliya @Vijiliya1]

In case of live-in workers, who are provided accommodation by the employer,no deduction may be made from the remuneration with respect to that accommodation, unless otherwise agreed to by the worker; therefore we demand that remuneration should always be in cash #NaanumThozhilali

[Vijiliya @Vijiliya1]

A month’s notice needs to be served to the domestic worker by the employer before annulment of services and this should be applicable to a worker leaving service too.#NaanumThozhilali #MayDay

[Vijiliya @Vijiliya1]

Job security should be provided through establishment of model contracts of employment for domestic work and domestic workers’ organizations, and should be made available free of charge to domestic workers, employers, and representative organizations.#NaanumThozhilali

[Vijiliya @Vijiliya1]

Access to entitlements such as adequate housing, quality education and health in public institutions, and schemes and benefits which are available to other categories of workers, should be made available to domestic workers as well as their children #MayDay

[Vijiliya @Vijiliya1]

Maternity protection has mostly been denied to this sector of the workforce. Hence, social security benefits including maternity benefits and old age pensions (from the age of 50 years) and facility of provident fund must be provided to them. #NaanumThozhilali

[Vijiliya @Vijiliya1]

Domestic workers must be given paid and sick leave.#NaanumThozhilali

[Vijiliya @Vijiliya1]

Weekly offs should be ensured for domestic workers
#NaanumThozhilali

[Vijiliya @Vijiliya1]

Set up a 24x7 helpline for grievances and support for migrant as well as other domestic workers, by setting interstate as well as international migration centres.#NaanumThozhilali @LabourMinistry

[Vijiliya @Vijiliya1]

Ensure that complaints of trafficking, abuse, harassment, and disputes are registered and investigated by the concerned authority and this should be a tripartite body with decent representation of domestic workers’ organizations.#NaanumThozhilali

[Vijiliya @Vijiliya1]

The mechanism must address rights pertaining to social protection, social security, protection from harassment, violence, untouchability and abuse (sexual and mental) at the workplace (private households), and other disputes within the arena of the workers #NaanumThozhilali

[Vijiliya @Vijiliya1]

The Ministry of Labour and Employment should establish a grievance redressal and dispute resolution mechanism to address violations of the rights of domestic workers.#NaanumThozhilali @LabourMinistry

[Vijiliya @Vijiliya1]

Minimum wage should be fixed on an hourly basis and should be according to the nature of work and not time alone.#NaanumThozhilali

[Vijiliya @Vijiliya1]

The wage must be based on the needs’ expenditure of the worker, location and hours of work, size of the house, number of family members, and the number of tasks performed.#NaanumThozhilali

[Vijiliya @Vijiliya1]

While determining the wage on the central and state levels, the authorities must adhere to the 15th Indian Labour Conference guidelines and the Supreme Court’s Raptakos order.#NaanumThozhilali

[Vijiliya @Vijiliya1]

Compensation for overtime, and normal hours of work should be made applicable in the context of domestic workers.#NaanumThozhilali

[Vijiliya @Vijiliya1]

Minimum wages should be the living wages. Annual increment should be worked out considering the inflationary rate, along with one month’s salary as bonus.#NaanumThozhilali @cvganesan1

[Vijiliya @Vijiliya1]

Domestic workers should be ensured minimum wages, and the authority must ensure that such wages are paid as per their skill sets, under the Schedule of the Wage Code.#NaanumThozhilali