BIG VICTORY FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS!

Published: Saturday, November 27, 2010

National Employment Rights Authority to begin a campaign of inspections to protect domestic workers' rights

Domestic Workers Action Group Welcomes NERA Decision to Start Inspections in Private Homes
Read Irish Times article, 16 Nov 2010: Campaign starts to protect rights of domestic workers <http://migrantrightscentreireland.newsweaver.ie/1f98z2oys3dzfo5drxkqxa?email=true>

The Domestic Workers Action Group and the MRCI have welcomed the decision by the National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) to begin a targeted campaign of inspections to protect the rights of people employed as domestic workers in the private home. It is a significant victory for the Domestic Workers Action Group, who have been campaigning for better protections since 2003 and actively calling on NERA to begin inspections in the domestic work sector for the last 18 months.

The NERA initiative for domestic workers formally recognises that the private home can also be a workplace and that domestic workers deserve to have their rights protected and enforced. It sends out a clear message to employers that the exploitation of domestic workers will not be tolerated in Ireland.

Read full press release here.

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