Domestic Workers Lowly Paid In India On Inequality: Economist

NEW DELHI: Inequality is the cause of lower wages for domestic workers in India, and there is a need to ratify the ILO Domestic Workers Convention to guarantee decent and secure work to them, Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics, said JNU.

"Inequality in India permits lower wages for domestic work. No society can survive without massive contribution that domestic work makes to national income," Ghosh said while delivering UN lecture on 'The Invisible Workers: Rights, Justice and Dignity for Domestic Workers.'

She urged for India to ratify the ILO Domestic Workers Convention that guarantees the fundamental rights to domestic workers to decent and secure work.

Ratification of the ILO Convention would bring about a complete transformation in the lives of domestic workers and will ensure that they have the same rights as those available to other workers, she added.

She said domestic workers should have equal rights for reasonable hours of work, weekly rest of at least 24 consecutive hours, a limit on in-kind payment, clear information on terms and conditions of employment.

They should also be given respect for fundamental principles and rights at work including freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining.

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