Expanding Social Security Coverage to Migrant Domestic Workers
Organization(s): ILO
Regions: World
Country: World
Year: 2016
Language: English
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The briefing note explains the ILO strategy to expand social security coverage to migrant domestic workers, including the ILO standards relevant to migrant domestic workers. Despite the long list of ILO social security instruments adopted, the note goes on by describing the main challenges of standards setting for migrant domestic workers, not only in multilateral but also bilateral contexts. It ends by providing conclusions and recommendations to overcome these challenges.
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