Domestic Workers in Philippines

Abstract

Domestic worker has always played a major role in almost every household. Domestic workers are employed for various purposes that include cleaning, laundry, gardening, cooking, child-minding and most other kinds of household work (Schwenken and Heimeshoff, 2011). It has been estimated by the International Labour Organization (ILO) that over 100 million people are employed as domestic workers around the world (ILO, 2008). In spite of the high number of domestic workers around the world there are several problems faced by the people working in this sector and several organizations are trying to formulate guidelines to regulate the working conditions of domestic workers (Lutz, 2008).