The government of India is considering a proposal to create a national policy for domestic workers that would provide them basic rights and benefits. The policy would make it mandatory for households to hire domestic help through placement agencies. Those who hire domestic workers outside this system could be penalized as it would be considered bonded labor. The labor ministry plans to soon propose this policy to the cabinet. If passed, it would make employers liable for workers' social security and propose benefits like one month of paid annual leave and two days of paid maternity leave per month. Employers and employees would have to sign contracts outlining standard practices through these placement agencies.

1. MAID IN INDIA
Govt Shield for Domestics Soon
HELP AT HAND Labour ministry to
move Cabinet note on a national
policy for domestic hands

2. Contd..
• Looking for a driver?
Soon, word of mouth won't work.The government is
considering a proposal that will make it incumbent on
households to hire domestic workers through a
placement agency as part of an initiative aimed at
ensuring basic rights and better conditions including
paid leave and other benefits for an estimated 3 crore
people in the unorganised sector.Violators of the rule,
if it's implemented, could find themselves in a lot of
trouble.Those hired outside the place ment system will
be treated as bonded labour and employers will be
penalised accordingly.

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• The ministry of labour plans to soon move a Cabinet
note on a national policy for domestic workers, an idea
first mooted by the United Progressive Alliance
government in 2007. This makes the employer liable to
pay for the worker's social security besides proposing
one month of paid annual leave, two months of paid
maternity leave and a weekly off, a senior government
official told ET, asking not to be identified. “For the first
time, we would have a rights-based policy for domestic
workers in the country. It will be a game changer and
would help in formalisation of the country's growing
workforce,“ said the official.

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• Employees and employers will have to sign a contract that lists
standard practices which both sides will have to abide by . “The
placement agencies involved will be the third party to the
agreement besides two representatives from trade unions to
ensure that the employee is not denied of his or her basic rights,“
he said.
• The draft agreement, which is being finalised and could be taken up
for stakeholder consultation in two weeks, has proposed that the
employer will have to mandatorily contribute to the Employee State
Insurance Corporation and the Employee Provident Fund
Organisation to ensure medical and life coverage to the employee.
• Other key elements of the proposal include proper accommodation.
In the case of government servants, said to be the biggest
employers of domestic workers, they will also need to provide
meals.

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