Covid-Hit Domestic Workers Lost More Jobs Than Others: ILO

The pandemic has taken a harsh toll on domestic workers who have lost far more jobs than others despite a decade-old international pact guaranteeing their rights, the UN said on Tuesday.

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In a fresh report, the International Labour Organization warned that working conditions for many of the world’s 75.6 million domestic workers had not improved since the adoption in 2011 of a convention entitling them to the same protections as other workers.

And the situation has been made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic, which hit domestic workers — the majority of whom are women — far harder than those in most other professions.

With eight out of 10 domestic workers globally working in the informal sector, many had no labor or social protections to fall back upon when the crisis hit.