ILO makes maids part of formal work force
ILO makes maids part of formal work force
MANILA, Philippines – The Senate ratified on Monday the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 189 that protects the rights and welfare of domestic workers here and overseas and make them part of the formal work force.
The ILO Convention on the Protection of Domestic Workers aims to lift the condition of Filipino domestic workers, more than 2.5 million of them deployed across the country and overseas, mostly in Middle East countries where they are prone to suffer physical, verbal and sexual abuses.
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