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To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are signatories to the International Labour Organisation Convention on Domestic Workers of June 2011; and when they expect to be able to ratify the convention.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are signatories to the International Labour Organisation Convention on Domestic Workers of June 2011; and when they expect to be able to ratify the convention.
Asked by
Lord Hylton
(Crossbench)
Answered by
Baroness Wilcox
(Conservative)
Type
Written questions
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Answered
Answered on
12 October 2011
The Government take the protection of all vulnerable workers as a matter of the utmost importance. The UK provides comprehensive employment and social protections to domestic workers, and as a rule does not differentiate between domestic workers’ rights and those of other workers.
While we fully support the principles in the new International Labour Organisation convention concerning decent work for domestic workers, the Government have no plans to ratify it. This is because the final text would not provide sufficient flexibility to meet the UK’s needs in a few areas, including health and safety law, where the UK differentiates for good reason between domestic workers and other workers. For example, the Government do not consider it proportionate or practical to extend criminal health and safety law, including inspections, to private households employing domestic workers. This would place a huge regulatory and administrative burden on individuals, and could have detrimental social consequences: for example, if increased burdens were to prevent elderly or disabled individuals from employing nurses or carers in their own homes.
Subjects
Convention Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers
Date
12 October 2011
Reference
12244; 730 c240WA
House
House of Lords
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Select Committee reports; House of Commons papers;
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Health Committee
Subjects
Community care; Audit Commission; Finance; Mental illness; Mental health services; Mental health; University of Manchester; Departmental coordination; British Medical Association; Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust; Association of Directors of Social Services; Royal College of Nursing; Royal College of General Practitioners; Institute of Psychiatry; British Psychological Society; Mind; Mental Health Foundation; British Association of Social Workers; Alzheimer's Disease Society; East Sussex Health Authority; King's Fund Centre; Community Psychiatric Nurses Association; Concern; Institute of Health; Lewisham Mental Health Users Forum; Lewisham Black Mental Health Users and Carers project; National Alliance of Relatives of the Mentally Ill; Research and Development for Psychiatry; Team for the Assessment of Psychiatric Services; Smith, PJA; McDougall, Neil; Bennaud, Ann; Antoniou, Janey; Clark, DM; Clements, John; Holt, Denise; Feaver, Inga J; Coram, LM; Estop, Graham
Commons Library location
CS 598
Date
28 March 1994
Reference
HC 102 1993/94
House
House of Commons