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Practice of employing children as domestic workers widespread in Pakistan:
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to Tahir, it is important to distinguish between child labour in domestic work and children performing non-hazardous household chores in their homes in reasonable conditions under supervision.
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Code on Social Security provides social security to all unorganized worker
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
As of March 15, as many as 2.79 crore domestic and household workers have registered on the e-SHRAM portal, stated a release from the government.
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Indian entrepreneurs set to launch neobank in Southeast Asia
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The soon-to-be-launched digital bank's key focus will be micro-lending, remittances, domestic payments, e-wallets, personalised and communal savings as well as micro-insurance in Southeast Asia. Its target market are blue-collar workers, foreign domestic workers, and micro, small and medi
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Saudi Arabia launch documenting domestic workers contracts through "Musane
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], November 21 (ANI/PRNewswire): The Saudi Arabia domestic workers Platform "Musaned" of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, has launched the second phase of the documenting domestic workers contracts service inside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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India's first IPS officer Dr Kiran Bedi unveils 11-year-old author Shivam
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI/GPRC): Books tell stories of what is happening around in the world. Be it personal growth, keeping a positive attitude or being compassionate towards the less fortunate in society, an author has the power to propagate an idea from a nascent stage to its impl
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PIL seeking welfare board for home nurses, domestic workers withdrawn from
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) sought direction to the Union of India to consider constituting a welfare board for home nurses and domestic workers to avoid exploitation allegedly by recruitment agencies, etc, was withdrawn from Delhi High Court on Frida
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PIL in Delhi HC seeks direction from Centre to constitute welfare board fo
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in Delhi High Court seeking direction from the Union of India to consider constituting a welfare board for home nurses and domestic workers to avoid exploitation allegedly by recruitment agencies etc.
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Only 6 per cent domestic workers have comprehensive social security: ILO
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): Only six per cent of domestic workers worldwide have access to comprehensive social protection, with women who constitute over three-fourths of such workforce being more vulnerable, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said in a report on Thursday.
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Bhupender Yadav flags off survey on domestic workers
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 22 (ANI): Union Minister for Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav on Monday flagged off the first-ever All India Survey on Domestic workers being conducted by Labour Bureau, Chandigarh.
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Sri Lanka mulls improving labor protections for domestic workers
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Sri Lanka's Minister of Labor Nimal Siripala De Silva has proposed amendments to local labor laws that would increase protections for domestic workers and make them eligible for pension schemes, local media reported Thursday.
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Put gender equality at the heart of post-Covid-19 economic recovery: ILO
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Aug 22 (ANI): The coronavirus pandemic is disproportionately affecting women workers and governments should prioritise policies that offset the effects the crisis is having on their jobs, International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said.
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Livelihoods of over 55 million domestic workers at risk due to Covid-19: I
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 17 (ANI): Nearly three-quarters of domestic workers around the world -- more than 55 million people -- are at significant risk of losing their jobs and income due to lockdown and lack of effective social security coverage, according to new estimates by the Internat
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