Domestic Workers in Jamaica

CDCC

2003-08

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This paper addresses how and why domestic workers in Jamaica are disenfranchised, with particular emphasis on the law’s inability to combat their exploitation in the labour force. My starting point is an online newspaper article entitled “Coping as a Domestic Helper”, which was based on a study investigating the living standard and coping strategies of minimum wage earners. In Jamaica domestic workers fall into three main categories - the residential worker, the non-residential weekly worker and the daily worker. Domestic workers are undervalued and their plight is especially grievous because they are characterized by a number of features that combine to have an exponentially negative effect on their social worth.

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DESARROLLO SOCIAL; GENERO; VIOLENCIA SEXISTA; TRABAJADORES DOMESTICOS; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; GENDER; GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE; DOMESTIC WORKERS;