... abuse. The UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families has turned its focus to this group, ... subject to labour inspections." The curtain of the domestic sphere is drawn tightly and resists lifting, ... opportunity for exploitation and abuse. If the migration status of domestic workers could be regularized, even through temporary work visas, ...

... Lebanese government should investigate the deaths of eight migrant domestic workers during October 2009, as well as the reasons for the disproportionately ... Rights Watch has said. An estimated 200,000 domestic workers, primarily from Sri Lanka, the Philippines ... Lebanon. Four of the deaths are classified by police reports or by the workers’ embassies as suicides, three as possible work accidents ...

... abuse of foreign-born domestic workers in Lebanon. Domestic workers are excluded from Lebanese labor ... -payment are also common, and authorities have been asked to look into allegations that some domestic workers are held against their will for months or years, forbidden ... ministry of labor has instituted a new uniform contract that all domestic worker agencies must use, guaranteeing some basic fair ...

... legislators approved reforms to the Labour Code that guarantees domestic workers (maids) rights and placed obligations on employers to respect. Some of the items that the domestic workers want respected are the a work day be not longer than eigth hours and to be paid overtime ... plus meals and lodging. In addition, employers provide domestic workers with an insurance policy for injury at work. ...

... but it still refuses to amend the labor law to include migrant domestic workers — which would insure them maximum work hours and a minimum salary and days off. Implementation would still be a problem, but we ... new blog: Ethiopian Suicides. Despite the name, the blog is concerned with migrant domestic workers in general and it is the initiative of a concerned citizen. Please, ...

Hundreds of women in town for the National Domestic Workers Alliance regional conference took to the streets in the Mission district on Friday. The NDWA has come a ways since its launch. Today's ... A speaker from the AFL-CIO offered verbal support, but these workers are outside the reach of the labor movement -- they are banding together to learn to demand their rights ...