Abstract:
Although Sri Lanka has ratified all eight core labour conventions
declared by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the government
has not taken specific measures yet to provide a national law concerning
Domestic Workers, in order to protect and enhance the rights of domestic
workers. According to the current situation of Sri Lanka, this sector has been
recognized as being informal and not well-organized. In considering the Sri
Lankan context, there are some differences between domestic workers and
non-domestic workers in obtaining benefits and conditions from their
workplaces. Domestic workers of Sri Lanka are expressly and impliedly
excluded from its labour legislations. However, the ILO Convention on
Decent Work for Domestic Workers 2011 demonstrates that the domestic
workers should obtain all the benefits and conditions as the other sectors of
employment attain. Therefore this research paper purported to make
recommendations for a new separate legislation for the benefit of domestic
workers including all the welfare measures, social security issues and
effective problem solving mechanisms. Also it expects to propose certain
amendments to the existing labour laws by including domestic workers into
the scope of current legislations.
