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Dissecting Domestic Workers’ Problems: Domestic or International Way Out – Which Way Forward?

Domestic workers in the United Kingdom (‘‘UK’’), migrants in particular, continue to experience a lack of recognition and protection in the labour market. As a precarious job performed in an informal sector by vulnerable people, domestic work is hardly considered a quality job due to the lack of key factors that determine quality work such as 'job and income security, social, mental and health aspects of work'. Of at least 52.6 million men and women employed as domestic workers across the world in 2010, about 29.9 percent are excluded from the scope of the country’s labour laws. In the UK, in addition to immigration constraints, domestic workers are excluded from some important employment and health and safety protections that are available to other workers; whereby exposing them to a wide range of hazards. Despite the availability of various international frameworks that promote humane treatment of domestic workers, the lack of respect for their human rights and the UK government systemic failure to protect their fundamental rights remain a major concern. This paper examines the pattern and attitude of the UK government towards international frameworks on domestic workers – the continued refusal to adopt the ILO Convention 189 that consolidates the frameworks for regulating domestic workers – and concludes that the best way forward is the enactment of an enforcement mechanism at the European level.