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Estrada dubs ILO Convention 189; Kasambahay law as ‘twin towers’ of positive policies

Posted on September 10, 2013

By Azer N. Parrocha

MANILA, (PNA) — Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada described the coming into force of the Convention on Domestic Workers and the Philippines’ Batas Kasambahay as the ‘twin towers’ of positive policies for household helpers on Monday.

Estrada said that Convention on Domestic Workers or International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 189 has announced the coming into effect of Convention 189, formally known as the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Domestic Workers, starting September 5 this year.

“We may refer to Convention 189 and the Batas Kasambahay as the ‘twin towers’ of positive policies for domestic workers as these legal instruments embody, define and guarantee the rights of household helpers and set the standards that should guide governments and societies in general in treating these workers and addressing their concerns,” Estrada said.

The Convention was adopted by the ILO General Conference on June 16, 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland.

As per its Article 21, it would come into force twelve months after the date on which it was ratified by at least two ILO member-states.

The Philippines completed the ratification process on August 6, 2012 and became the second member-state to ratify the Convention.

Its resolution for the ratification was co-sponsored by Estrada as chairman of the Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development.

Batas Kasambahay, principally authored by Estrada, was signed into law by President Benigno Aquino III on January 2013.

There were at least 53 million domestic workers worldwide, the ILO stated, 83 percent of whom were women and about 10.5 million were children.

Estrada meanwhile said there were some 1.9 million kasambahay in the Philippines, and hundreds of thousands more employed overseas.

Convention 189 provides promotion and protection of the human rights of all domestic workers; – respect, promotion and realization of fundamental principles and rights at work for domestic workers among others.

On the other hand, Batas Kasambahay upholds of the rights and dignity of household workers; – gives ample protection and uses of a formal contract to govern employer-employee relationship among others.

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