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Long working hours and health in Europe: Gender and welfare state differences in a context of economic crisis
2016
This article examines the relationship between moderately long working hours and health status in Europe. A cross-sectional study based on data from the 2010 European Working Conditions Survey (13,518 men and 9381 women) was performed. Working moderately long hours was consistently associated with poor health status and poor psychological wellbeing in countries with traditional family models, in both sexes in Liberal countries and primarily among women in Continental and Southern European countries. A combination of economic vulnerability, increasing labour market deregulation and work overload related to the combination of job and domestic work could explain these findings. (C) 2016 Elsevi…
Addressing informality, gender and ethnicity in domestic labour
2014
The legal framework concerning household employment has undergone a number of changes worldwide. The 100th International Labour Conference in June 2011 was highly significant as it adopted the first international labour standards specifically for domestic workers: Convention No. 189 and the supplementing Recommendation No. 201. This article analyses recent Spanish reforms (2011–2013) in order to assess the effects of these changes, taking into account the characteristics of domestic work: feminized, informal, ethnicized and vulnerable. Although aimed at improving employment and working conditions, the new Spanish legislation has resulted in a number of setbacks as well as some progress. The…
The prevention of occupational risks todomestic workers and home carers in spain: The need to ratify ilo conventions 189 and 190
2021
La prevención de los riesgos laborales y de la violencia y acoso en el trabajo es una más de las asignaturas pendientes en el tratamiento y protección del trabajo doméstico y de cuidados en España. Las escasas referencias normativas, así como la ausencia de una decidida política preventiva en este sector, contrastan con las previsiones de dos Convenios de la OIT: el Convenio 189, sobre el trabajo decente para las trabajadoras y los trabajadores domésticos, del año 2011, y el Convenio 190, sobre la violencia y el acoso, de 2019, por lo que la anunciada ratificación de ambos exige una mirada crítica y un cambio hacia una auténtica perspectiva preventiva de los riesgos laborales de las trabaja…
Trabajo no remunerado y trabajo negro en España
2005
enric.sanchis@uv.es El trabajo irregular y el no remunerado tienen una importancia considerable en el Estado español, por lo que el análisis de la estructura y evolución del empleo no puede hacerse al margen de ellos. En este artículo se ofrece una visión de conjunto de ambos fenómenos a partir de algunas de las investigaciones llevadas a cabo durante los últimos años. Casi la totalidad del trabajo no remunerado se hace en el ámbito de las relaciones familiares. Se calcula que dos tercios de la carga total de trabajo que soporta la economía española es trabajo doméstico no remunerado, mayoritariamente hecho por mujeres. No obstante, el trabajo voluntario no familiar equivale aproximadamente…
The termination of the employment contract for domestic workers in spain: An unreasonably differentiated legal regime
2019
El artículo que se presenta incluye un análisis de las diferencias en el régimen jurídico de extinción del contrato de los trabajadores domésticos respecto al de los trabajadores con relación laboral ordinaria. Para ello se comienza con el análisis de las normas de la OIT destinadas a la protección del trabajo doméstico; a continuación, se describe el régimen jurídico establecido en España, y finalmente, se analizan las diferencias en el régimen de extinción del contrato, que afectan tanto a las causas de extinción como a los efectos de la declaración de improcedencia y nulidad del despido. La exigencia de trabajo decente para los trabajadores domésticos ha de incluir un régimen de extinció…
Trafficking and labour exploitation in domestic work and the agricultural sector in Italy
2016
In Italy, as in many European countries, agriculture and domestic work are sectors characterised by high levels of irregular work without contract and with no respect of minimum pay, humane living conditions or access to basic services. Generalised informality however sometimes leads to cases of sever exploitation and outright human trafficking. This report focuses on the conditions that can lead from irregular work to abuse and trafficking in agriculture and domestic work – we question the cultural and economic aspects that make such situations possible. We also review the relevant legislation punishing exploiters and protecting victims with a view of identifying existing gaps and make sug…
Indonesian domestic workers in Singapore: strategies for increasing income and building up savings
2014
The following essay studies the strategies and practices applied by Indonesian domestic workers in Singapore in order to accumulate money. This is done by presenting the background situation, especially regarding female labor migration from Indonesia to other countries, and examining the specific income conditions experienced by domestic workers in Singapore. The particular focus of this essay is on gaining a deeper understanding of how the women act within a restrictive framework, i.e. identifying their legal and illegal strategies for increasing their regular income and their “negative” income strategies and transnational strategies for building up savings.
Exploiting for Care: Trafficking and Abuse in Domestic Work in Italy
2017
ABSTRACTCare workers are now an essential part of reality for many Italian families. Yet, despite advancements in regulating domestic work, abuses are widespread. This article explores why exploitation in domestic work is rarely viewed as such and addressed with policies concerning trafficking and exploitation. I look at the way in which the care issue has been addressed by the Italian state and at the peculiar relationship between employers and domestic workers. Furthermore, I focus on the gaps in policies on trafficking and exploitation. I argue that the interplay of these factors results in the “normalization” of exploitation in domestic work.
La migración femenina, el trabajo doméstico asalariado y la violación de los derechos humanos
2015
The feminization of migrations, especially in the Mediterranean countries of Europe, is associated with new forms of exploitation of migrant labor. This article aims to analyze from this point of view the market of domestic and care work of migrant women in the homes of Italian families, placing it in relation to the deficiencies of national social policies. The analysis of this phenomenon in the Italian context - developed with the support of a series of interviews with migrant workers - reveals about these women and their families of origin the violation of certain fundamental human rights : primarily the right to the family unity, bound by the rules of family reunification, by the cohabi…
The division of domestic work among dual-career and other dual-earner couples in Finland
2015
This study compares the division of domestic work among dual-career and other dual-earner couples. We examine whether gender attitudes, relative resources and working time explain the differences between dual-career and other dual-earner couples. We define dual-career couples as those in which both spouses are professionals and/or managers. The division of housework is important for these couples because of the intense pressures of work. We hypothesise that domestic work is more equally shared among dual-career couples than among other dual-earner couples. The quantitative analyses are based on the Finnish data from the 2010 European Social Survey (N = 493). The qualitative data consist of …