domestic labour

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domestic labour

work performed by household members for the benefit of the household (for example child rearing). It has been argued that since domestic labour ultimately benefits employers by preparing and sustaining a LABOUR FORCE, those performing it should be paid a WAGE.

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He observed to his father that he was then six-and-twenty, and that when he should start in the farming business he would require eyes in the back of his head to see to all matters--some one would be necessary to superintend the domestic labours of his establishment whilst he was afield.

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The NBS report said the increasing unemployment and underemployment rates imply that although Nigeria's economy is officially out of recession, domestic labor market is still fragile and economic growths in the past two quarters in 2017 have not been strong enough to provide employment in Nigeria's domestic labour market.

4 million Nigerians lose jobs in 9 months -NBS

Activist Iftikhar Mubarak also highlighted the unfortunate situation of child domestic labour in Punjab, referring to the statistics of the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau which rescued 73 child labourers who were suffering brutal torture by their employers.

Activists demand robust child protection system in Punjab

Minister Ghobash also announced the signing of the PH-UAE MOU on Labor Cooperation, as well as briefed the attendees on the UAE Law on Domestic Workers and the prospects of cooperation between MOHRE and ADD governments on the field of Domestic Labour.

Philippines : DOLE Secretary Attends Meeting of Ambassadors of ADD Member-States in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi: The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MOHRE) has announced that the supply of domestic labour to the UAE will soon expand as the ministry prepares to sign bilateral memoranda of understanding with a number of countries.

Supply of domestic labour to UAE to expand

A Home Office spokesman said: "The Government is working to ensure that the domestic labour force has the skills it needs to fill jobs in the UK labour market and these figures show that more UK nationals are in employment than ever before.

Record number of EU citizens working in the UK

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of physical abuse among domestic child labours and to assess the nutritional status by calculating the Body Mass Index of children involved in domestic labour in Karachi.

Nutritional status and physical abuse among the children involved in domestic labour in Karachi Pakistan: a cross-sectional survey

ISLAMABAD -- Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Pir Syed Sadrauddin Shah Rashidi on Monday informed the National Assembly that currently there was no law at the federal level that prohibited employment of children as domestic labour.

No law at federal level to prohibit employment of children as domestic labour, NA told

Specifically, women disproportionally perform the majority of domestic labour in contemporary households.

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In budgetary support drawback of local taxes and levies easy finance sales tax regime duty free import of machinery policy interventions tariff rationalization fibre diversification product diversification SME development enactment of domestic labour laws revival of sick units marketing strategies technology up gradation establishment of world textile centre and model cotton trading houses revitalization of projects like Pakistan Textile City garment cities and capacity building of the ministry and related organizations are the salient features of the textile policy.

Textile Policy 2014-19 envisages Pakistan as leading textile exporting country

6 million children have been forced into child domestic labour by placement agencies in India, the study says.

' CHILD SEX TRADE WORTH $ 343 BN '

Representatives of 50 states from Asia and GCC, as well as number of specialised organisations, labour-sending countries, receiving countries, the United Nations for Women, the International Labour Organisation, representatives from regional organisations, and other civil societies relevant to domestic labour in the concerned countries, will take part in the meeting, held at the invitation of the Ministry of Labour and Labour Relations in Sri Lanka,