Swept under the rug : abuses against domestic workers around the world.
Human Rights Watch.
Joint International Law Program.
"July 2006".
Title from caption.
Includes bibliographical references (page 93).
I. Introduction. -- Best and worst government practices. -- Key recommendations. To labor ministries -- To heads of state and government, and parliaments -- To the police, attorney general's offices, and the judiciary -- To the foreign ministries of workers' countries of origin -- To ministries of education. -- II. Criminal abuses against domestic workers. -- Psychological, physical and sexual violence. Psychological abuse -- Physical abuse -- Food deprivation -- Sexual harassment and assault -- International human rights law and government response. -- Forced labor. International human rights law and government response. -- Trafficking. International human rights law and government response. -- Recommendations. To the police, attorney general's offices, and the judiciary -- To heads of state and government, and parliaments. -- III. Exclusion from labor laws. -- Wage exploitation. Minimum wage and overtime pay -- Wage withholding and unpaid wages. -- Rest days. -- Long hours and workloads. -- Workers' compensation. -- Health care and maternity leave. Health care -- Maternity leave. -- Termination of contracts. -- Inadequate living conditions. -- International labor standards and government response. The right to just and favorable conditions of work -- Freedom from discrimination. -- Recommendations. To Labor ministries. -- To heads of state and government, and parliaments. -- IV. Child domestic workers. -- Worst forms of child labor. -- Separation from family. -- Education denied. Barriers to education -- Working in order to attend school -- The effect of work on education. -- International human rights law and government response. -- Recommendations. To heads of state and government, and parliaments -- To labor ministries -- To ministries of Education. -- V. Migrant domestic workers. -- Recruitment and training. -- Restrictions of freedom of movement and association. -- Legal status. -- Debt. -- Reproductive, marriage and sexual rights. -- Language and religion. -- International human rights law and government response. -- Recommendations. To labor ministries. -- To heads of state and government, and parliaments -- To the police, attorney general's offices, and the judiciary. -- Acknowledgments. -- Appendix A. Human Rights Watch reports on domestic workers.
Also available via the internet from the Human Rights Watch website; address as of 8/24/06 : http://hrw.org/reports/2006/wrd0706.
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Swept under the rug.