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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10751

14 December 2012
Contents Publication in full By article 20 / 40
SOCIAL AFFAIRS / (ae) social
Plea for protecting domestic workers is sounded anew

Brussels, 13/12/2012 (Agence Europe) - The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has restated its plea for member states to ratify the Internal Labour Organisation (ILO) convention relating to decent work for domestic household staff. This was adopted in June 2011 but has not been ratified by any European state since.

National legislation varies considerably for this “mostly invisible workforce in Europe”, an ETUC press release stated on Wednesday 12 December. Domestic work in the...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
INSTITUTIONAL
SECTORAL POLICIES
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
EXTERNAL ACTION
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU