BY Yoshitha PereraIn addition to proposed amendments to the existing legal framework governing labour relations to cover domestic workers and the enactment of new laws to ensure the rights of domestic workers, the Labour Ministry is also scheduled to introduce a code of conduct for domestic workers in order to ensure the quality of service provided by such workers, The Sunday Morning learnt. He noted that all domestic workers must be registered at the relevant district labour office by their employers. Furthermore, the Ministry is scheduled to introduce a code of conduct for domestic workers in order to ensure the quality of the service provided by these workers. Meanwhile, Domestic Workers Union (DWU) Founder Menaha Kandasamy said last week that a meeting has been scheduled between the union and the Labour Ministry this month to discuss bringing domestic workers under the prevailing legal framework. In the long term, we hope that a domestic workers act will also be formulated,” she added.

Source: The Nation August 07, 2021 16:41 UTC