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Domestic workers’ minimum wage to increase – Will households keep up?
The Department of Employment and Labour has announced the updated National Minimum Wage, increasing the minimum wage for domestic workers. However, the increase in South Africa’s National Minimum Wage ...
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Overview for Employers: The New Jersey Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
The New Jersey Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, which went into effect on July 1, 2024, outlines a comprehensive set of rights for domestic ...
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Domestic workers abuse
The abuse of domestic workers has become alarmingly commonplace across Pakistan, with countless cases of mistreatment, violence, and even death emerging regularly. The tragic case of 12-year-old ...
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How Domestic Workers Have Been Impacted by the Los Angeles Fires
In the wake of the Palisades fire, Theresa is one of many domestic workers in Los Angeles trying to make ends meet after abruptly losing her job. Though she didn’t personally live in the fire ...
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Domestic workers lost a community in Pacific Palisades too
Vasquez is one of an unknown number of domestic workers out of work after the Palisades Fire wiped out homes and killed at least eight people. She said on Tuesday that five out of the seven homes ...
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Why India fails to protect its domestic workers despite decades of abuse
Smitha's story is one among hundreds of thousands of accounts of mistreatment, abuse and sexual assault reported by India's domestic workers. Most are women and many are migrants within the ...
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No home away from home for domestic workers terminated after contracting coronavirus amid Hong Kong’s fifth wave
After being suddenly laid off in February because of a Covid-19 infection, Julie*, a foreign domestic worker in Hong Kong, has been living hand to mouth with only HK$400 (US$51) left. The single ...