Domestic workers in Peru: current situation, legal treatment and its possible modifications

The way domestic house workers are treated is a direct inheritance of slavery and serfdom. Besides, house labour is usually associated with the female gender, whose labour is often undervalued and discredited. In this article, the author exposes the problem&nb...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Kajatt Flores, Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Perú
Institución:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/21946
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/themis/article/view/21946
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Domestic worker
paid domestic word
employment discrimination
Convention 189
draft law for domestic workers
Trabajadora del hogar
trabajo doméstico remunerado
discriminación laboral
Convenio 189
proyecto de ley de las trabajadoras y trabajadores del hogar
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Sumario:The way domestic house workers are treated is a direct inheritance of slavery and serfdom. Besides, house labour is usually associated with the female gender, whose labour is often undervalued and discredited. In this article, the author exposes the problem of housemaids and domestic workers in Peru. It goes through its definition, historical evolution, regulatory framework and a new bill in this regard. Likewise, it develops a legal and sociological analysis of the way in which housework legislations has evolved, allowing to visualize the advances and challenges that Peruvian society will have to face in order to suppress the inequality and discrimination the currently occurs in this kind of jobs.