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  • Legal Instruments

    Domestic Workers’ Laws and Legal Issues in India

    Based on several factors common to domestic work, such as, the specificity of the employee-employer relationship and the workplace being...

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    TUC (Ghana)/WIEGO Informal Economy Legal Project Report from Campaign by Street Vendors & Domestic Workers Undertaken on 17 October 2014 in Accra

    This report documents the results of a discussion to identify and address laws that impact t

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    Domestic Workers Recommendation, 2011 (No.201)

    This Recommendation supplements the Domestic Workers Convention. It provides for further legislative and policy measures that member states...

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    Industrial Relations Act Code of Practice for Protecting Persons Employed in Other People’s Homes, 1990

    This document sets out a code of practise for the purposes of the Industrial Relations Act 1990 for protecting persons employed in other...

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    Standard Employment Contract for Indian Domestic Service Workers Bound for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    This document contains the employment contract to be used for Indian Domestic Workers working in Saudi Arabia

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    Ashfield Municipality Commercial Street Vending and Mobile Vending Vehicles, 1998

    This policy establishes guidelines for commercial street vending within the Ashfield municipality.

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    People’s Republic of China Food Safety Law

    The purpose of this law is to ensure food safety and the protection of public health.

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    Municipal and Police Laws for Patna, Calcutta, Bhubaneshwar, Bangalore, Mumbai, and Ahmedabad

    This document outlines street vendor laws for Patna, Calcutta, Bhubaneshwar, Bangalore, Mumbai and Ahmedabad

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    Peru Ordenanza No 002: Reglamento del comercio ambulatorio en Lima, Perú

    Ordenanza No 002: Reglamento del comercio ambulatorio en Lima, Perú

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Audio: What’s the legal recourse for informal workers?

    In an interview with Pamhidzai H. Bamu, WIEGO’s Africa Coordinator for the Law Programme, we discuss “administrative action” — actions or...

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