The Domestic Workers Act of the Philippines: issues, challenges and ... [PDF]

Stakeholders from various sectors consider the Act to be a landmark labour and social law for recognising the rights of

12 downloads 17 Views 287KB Size

Recommend Stories


Domestic workers across the world
Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself. Rumi

the Philippines' Climate Change Act
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now. M.L.King

domestic workers
The greatest of richness is the richness of the soul. Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him)

Sentinel Chickens Challenges, issues, and the future
Knock, And He'll open the door. Vanish, And He'll make you shine like the sun. Fall, And He'll raise

SME Issues, Challenges and Prospects SME Issues, Challenges and Prospects
Be who you needed when you were younger. Anonymous

The Benefits and Challenges of Profiling Providers in Workers
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. Chinese Proverb

An Act For the rehabilitation of the Philippines
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. Anne

Filipino migrant domestic workers
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for

Domestic Workers' Labor Rights
Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. Rumi

Republic of the Philippines
When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy. Rumi

Idea Transcript


Log in | Register



Enter keywords, authors, DOI etc.

Labour & Industry: a journal of the social and economic relations of work

Cart

This Jour…



Advanced search

Volume 24, 2014 - Issue 4: Women, Work and Collectivism: Revisited

378 Views

0 CrossRef citations

0 Altmetric

Articles

The Domestic Workers Act of the Philippines: issues, challenges and concerns Ronahlee A. Asuncion Pages 317-330 | Received 03 Mar 2014, Accepted 19 Sep 2014, Published online: 16 Dec 2014

Download citation



Full Article

https://doi.org/10.1080/10301763.2014.978964

Figures & data

References



Citations

Metrics





Abstract Translator disclaimer

Reprints & Permissions

As more and more women enter the workforce, their household duties and the need to take care of their children are left to domestic workers. In 2010, more than 1.9 million domestic workers in the Philippines were aged 15 years and older. The vast majority were female (85%), according to the Philippines’ 2010 Labour Force Survey. Most come from poor families in the provinces where they either attended school for a few years or did not have any formal education, making them more vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. In order to protect and ensure their welfare, President Benigno S. Aquino III assented to the Domestic Workers Act or Republic Act (RA) 10361 on 18 January 2013. Stakeholders from various sectors consider the Act to be a landmark labour and social law for recognising the rights of domestic workers, as well as the need to protect and improve their working conditions. However, public policy has both intended and unintended consequences. This article examines the key issues, challenges and concerns around RA 10361. From a qualitative analysis of interview and secondary data, weaknesses in the legislation are identified, and recommendations are made to encourage the maximisation of benefits received by its primary stakeholder: domestic workers. These include the need for collective organisation by the highly feminised body of domestic workers in the Philippines. Keywords: domestic workers, Domestic Workers Act of the Philippines, women’s work, decent work, precarious employment

Additional information Author information Ronahlee A. Asuncion Ronahlee A. Asuncion is a full-time faculty at the School of Labor and Industrial Relations (SOLAIR) University of the Philippines Diliman. She currently serves as the Director of the Center for Industry, Productivity and Competitiveness.

Log in via your institution

Or purchase it *

Shibboleth Issue Purchase

OpenAthens

Add to cart

30 days access for USD 189.00

Log in to Taylor & Francis Online

Article Purchase

Add to cart

24 hours access for USD 42.50 Enter your email

* Local tax will be added as applicable

Enter your password Forgot password?

Remember Me Log in

People also read

Article

Article

Value, Identity and Place: unearthing the emotional geographies of the extractive sector

Bodies, beaches and bars: negotiating heterosexual masculinity in southern Thailand's tourism industry

Melina Ey et al.

Linda Malam

Australian Geographer

Gender, Place & Culture

Volume 48, 2017 - Issue 2

Volume 15, 2008 - Issue 6

Published online: 22 Nov 2016

Published online: 5 Dec 2008

Article

Article

Decolonising disability: thinking and acting globally

Beyond parity in education: gender disparities in labour and employment outcomes in the Philippines

Helen Meekosha

David Barua Yap II et al.

Disability & Society

Journal of Asian Public Policy

Volume 26, 2011 - Issue 6

Volume 8, 2015 - Issue 3

Published online: 9 Sep 2011

Published online: 1 Jun 2015

Article

Article

Who Cares?—The ILO Convention ‘Decent Work for Domestic Workers’

At the Mercy of the market?: Stateenabled, market-oriented labor migration and women migrants from the Philippines

Stefanie Visel

Jorge V. Tigno

Transnational Social Review

Philippine Political Science Journal

Volume 3, 2013 - Issue 2

Volume 35, 2014 - Issue 1

Published online: 1 May 2014

Published online: 29 May 2014

Get access

Browse journals by subject

Back to top

Area Studies

Earth Sciences

Health and Social Care

Museum and Heritage Studies

Arts

Economics, Finance, Business & Industry

Humanities

Physical Sciences

Information Science

Politics & International Relations

Behavioral Sciences Education Bioscience

Language & Literature Engineering & Technology

Built Environment

Social Sciences Law

Environment & Agriculture Communication Studies

Sports and Leisure Mathematics & Statistics

Environment and Sustainability Computer Science Food Science & Technology

Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing & Allied Health

Development Studies

Tourism, Hospitality and Events Urban Studies

Geography

Information for

Open access

Help and info

Authors

Overview

Help

Editors

Open journals

FAQs

Librarians

Open Select

Press releases

Societies

Cogent OA

Contact us Commercial services

Copyright © 2017 Informa UK Limited Privacy policy & cookies Terms & conditions Accessibility Registered in England & Wales No. 3099067 5 Howick Place | London | SW1P 1WG

Loading [Contrib]/a11y/accessibility-menu.js

Connect with Taylor & Francis

Smile Life

When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile

Get in touch

© Copyright 2015 - 2024 PDFFOX.COM - All rights reserved.