29 July 2013 - In Lebanon, people working in private households are excluded from the protection of labor law.
[A domestic worker in Lebanon holds up a copy of her paper © Simba Russeau/IRIN] More than 200,000 migrant workers, mainly women, work in Lebanese households. Although they constitute a large proportion of the workforce, they do not enjoy the same rights as, for example, local shop assistants or factory workers.
A Code of Conduct, launched in June 2013, now provides guidance to recruiting agencies on promoting and protecting the rights of migrant domestic workers in the country.
Developed in consultation with the Middle East Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the International Labor Organization (ILO), the Code of Conduct was jointly put together by the Lebanese Ministry of Labor, the Syndicate of Owners of Recruitment Agencies in Lebanon (SORAL) and Caritas Lebanon's Migrant Center.
"This Code of Conduct is the result of two-years efforts
[A domestic worker in Lebanon holds up a copy of her paper © Simba Russeau/IRIN] More than 200,000 migrant workers, mainly women, work in Lebanese households. Although they constitute a large proportion of the workforce, they do not enjoy the same rights as, for example, local shop assistants or factory workers.
A Code of Conduct, launched in June 2013, now provides guidance to recruiting agencies on promoting and protecting the rights of migrant domestic workers in the country.
Developed in consultation with the Middle East Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the International Labor Organization (ILO), the Code of Conduct was jointly put together by the Lebanese Ministry of Labor, the Syndicate of Owners of Recruitment Agencies in Lebanon (SORAL) and Caritas Lebanon's Migrant Center.
"This Code of Conduct is the result of two-years efforts