ana virgínia moreira gomes, ph.d. universidade católica de santos - brazil
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Ana Virgínia Moreira Gomes, Ph.D.Universidade Católica de Santos - Brazil
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Source: IPEA, 2010
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Article 7 of the1988 Constitution guarantees domestic workers 10 of the 29 fundamental labour rights guaranteed to all other workers:
minimum wage; irreducibility of wage; annual bonus; paid weekly leave; annual paid vacation; vacation bonus, 120 days paid maternity leave; five days paid paternity leave; notice of dismissal; social security system.
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Law #5.859/72 (known as domestic workers law, lei dos empregados domésticos) regulates domestic work.
Decree # 6481/2008 includes domestic
child labour among the worst forms of child labour and prohibits domestic work for children under 18 years.
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Family bonus, additional remuneration for unhealthy, dangerous or night-shift work, overtime pay, limits on hours of work and occupational accident insurance.
Trend towards inclusion of domestic workers in the labour and social security systems.
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Informality
Domestic child labour
Discrimination and
Violence against domestic workers
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The high informality of domestic work is closely related to poor law enforcement, insufficient labour inspection and the low-level of education among domestic workers
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Article 5, Line XXXIII of the Constitution prohibits employment of children younger than 16 years.
Brazil ratified the fundamental ILO conventions 138 and 182.
In 2008, 4,500,000 children between 5 and 17 years old worked in various types of child labour, including domestic child labour. Almost 1/3 of all child workers work at least 40 hours a week.
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Domestic work seen by many as an opportunity for a better life for poor children
Lack of labour inspection
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Domestic workers are subject not only to direct discrimination, as the law does not grant them the same rights as other workers, but also to indirect discrimination:
Gender and Colour discrimination
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White Men
Afro-Brazilian Men
White Women
Afro-Brazilian Women
Source: ILO, Suplemento Nacional do Relatório Global 2007
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Afro-Brazilian women moved from the senzala to domestic work.
In many cases, working for housing and food.
Colour discrimination has been the main factor that explains why Afro-Brazilian women make-up until today the majority of domestic workers.
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After housewives, domestic workers are the second biggest group of female victims of domestic violence.
The most common cases include moral harassment, physical aggression, sexual harassment and rape.
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In addition to the recognition of employment rights, Brazil has not developed the means through which domestic workers are able to enjoy these rights, such as strengthening labour inspection, trade unions and developing public policies to guarantee domestic workers’ fundamental rights.
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Recognition of Fundamental Rights
Public policies concerning domestic work and the ministry of labour
Strengthening domestic workers’ trade unions
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Two subprograms offer education, professional qualification and tips on organizing unions.
The third subprogram, called “Public policies intervention” consists of public campaigns on issues such as human rights, violence against women, right to housing, health, work and social security and eradication of domestic child labour.
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In Brazil, there are approximately 40 domestic workers’ trade unions.
Non-recognition of domestic work as professional category because of its nonprofit character
Economic difficulties resulting from the lack of contributions
Law does not recognize the right of collective bargaining for domestic workers
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Improvements in the law recognizing employment rights of domestic workers;
Insufficient government policies that address major gaps in regulation.