Why India fails despite the decades that protect home workers

Smitha (not his real name), a Delhi home assistant for 28 years, cannot forget the day one of his employers had beaten public.

The woman accused Smitha – as discrimination of the best chaste against the social hierarchy against Hinduism – his daughter’s earrings steal and then refused.

“After many requests, I began to publicly. That’s how I started abusing him. I kept his hands to stop the abuse, but the guard pulled me out of the house,” SMIT says.

Eventually, 1,000 rupees ($ 11; £ 9) was paid, to stain, stain and clean the dishes. A sympathetic family after intervene on his behalf. But he banned the entry into the home community and did not worry that he would not take action to go to the police.

Smith’s story is one hundred thousand counts Made of abuse, abuse and sexual assaults made by the Indian home staff. Most are women and there are many migrants in the country, casting that looks down.

Last month, the Supreme Court of India created a concern in the exploitation and the Federal government asked him to create the law of protection.

But that is not the first time an attempt to create this legal framework. Despite the differences between various groups and federal ministries, it has never been overcome any law.

The invoices proposed in 2008 and 2016 are aimed at registration of domestic workers and improving working conditions yet. The National Policy written in 2019 has not been carried out including existing work laws.

Soniakoa was part of the women’s association (SEWA), which was part of the task team, called “one of the most widespread policies for home workers, but the following governments have not implemented.

As a result, the wide army of the Indian home assistants must focus on the good will of the employer, such as salaries or basics of wages or respect for respect. According to official statistics, India has 4.75 million employees, including three million women. But the international work organization (ILO) estimates that true numbers are between 20 and 80 million.

“We have a relationship with support and not a relationship with employment employment,” says Neetha n teachers at the Women’s Development Studies Center.

“This maintains status quo and is one of the biggest obstacles to regulate and legalize homework.”

There are things, private homes are not considered establishments or workplaces, so domestic work is the right to correct minimum salaries, the right to work conditions, to the Social Security schemes.

At least 14 Indian States, Kerala, Meghalaya, Meghalaya, Meghalaya, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu, have minimal salaries for domestic workers and children’s work laws, including domestic workers their scope.

But there is very little awareness that the provisions of the internal staff can take advantage of these provisions, George says the nature of the profession also challenges.

Staff are scattered and there is no mechanism to register or identify, as they do not usually sign any contracts with their employers.

“We must set home staff registration systems – Overcoming ‘Invisibility’ is a great step in regularizing the profession,” he noted.

It also applies to employers. “They are completely invisible in the system and therefore escape responsibility and responsibility,” says Mrs. George.

The caste system also poses more complexity. Castle staff can agree to clean the toilets in a house, others, others, others may not.

Eventually the whole concept of homework should be redefined, George says. “The homework is believed to be workless work, but it doesn’t happen in reality. You can’t take care of a patient or without being prepared for a meal,” he added.

In addition to exceeding its laws or implementing his own policy, India has not yet ILO agreement 189 – International International Convention. Householders aim to ensure that they have the same rights and protection of other employees. Although 2011 voted for the Convention, India has not yet joined all its provisions.

India has “moral obligation” to match the ILO convention, says Mrs. George. Being a law will help regulate private procurement agencies and help prevent exploitation of employees who go abroad.

Last year, the Swiss courts focused on the Swiss courts found guilty of the Swiss courts. Family was accused of trafficker Weak Indians to Switzerland and forcing them to work in their palace without paying for a long time without paying. Family lawyers said it was attractive against the judgment.

Perhaps the easiest explanation in the decades of abuse decades in the decades of India, in terms of Indian decision leaders, George suggests.

“At the end of the day, people with the power of a bill or law are the employers of domestic workers and those who benefit from Status Quo,” he said. “So for the actual change of the system, we need our mindset change in the first place.”

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