{"id":216076,"date":"2019-06-25T08:30:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T03:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=216076"},"modified":"2019-06-26T18:22:58","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T12:52:58","slug":"draft-national-policy-on-domestic-workers-under-consideration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/06\/25\/draft-national-policy-on-domestic-workers-under-consideration\/","title":{"rendered":"Draft &#8220;National Policy on Domestic Workers&#8221; under consideration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A draft <strong>National Policy on domestic workers<\/strong> is under consideration of the Central Government. The <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>salient features of the draft policy are as under:-<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Inclusion of Domestic Workers\u00a0 in the existing legislations<\/li>\n<li>Domestic workers will have the right to register as workers. Such registration will facilitate their access to rights &amp; benefits accruing to them as workers.<\/li>\n<li>Right to form their own associations, trade unions<\/li>\n<li>Right to have minimum wages, access to social security, protection from abuse, harassment, violence<\/li>\n<li>Right to enhance their professional skills<\/li>\n<li>Protection of Domestic Workers\u00a0 from abuse and exploitation<\/li>\n<li>Domestic Workers to have access to courts, tribunals, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Establishment of a mechanism for regulation of concerned placement agencies<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Central Government has enacted the Unorganized Workers\u2019 Social Security Act, 2008 for providing social security to all unorganized workers including domestic workers. The Act provides a formulation of social security schemes viz. life and disability cover, health and maternity benefits &amp; old age protection by the central Government. 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