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Set up panel to safeguard domestic workers: SC
Hindustan Times Ranchi
|January 30, 2025
The ruling marks a significant intervention in the ongoing debate over labour rights in India
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday lamented the lack of statutory protection for millions of domestic workers across the country, while urging the Union government to enact a comprehensive law to safeguard their rights and directing the Centre to constitute a committee to examine within six months the feasibility of such a legislative framework.
A bench, led by Justice Surya Kant, described the exploitation of domestic workers and lack of legal protection as a pressing national concern, and underscored the urgent need for legislative intervention for a "critical workforce" that keeps the homes running while being denied their own basic rights.
This story is from the January 30, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Ranchi.
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