child-care worker assistant [ day-care worker assistant ]

construction trades helper

day care centre | day nursery

Convention concerning decent work for domestic workers | Convention concerning decent work for domestic workers, 2011, of the International Labour Organisation (Convention No 189) | Domestic Workers Convention, 2011

child caregiver | children and families care worker | child day care worker | childcarer

child care [ baby-sitting | child minding | children's home | crèche | day nursery | kindergarten | nursery ]

care coordinator (mental health) | mental health advocate | approved mental health professional | mental health social worker

The International Labour Office (ILO) Convention No 189 on decent work for domestic workers lays down minimum global standards to curb the abuse and exploitation of domestic workers and requires signatories to ensure these workers have fair and decent working conditions.

C189 - Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No 189): Convention concerning decent work for domestic workers

As soon as a pregnant worker informs the undertaking or, in the case of an outside worker, the employer, of the pregnancy, in accordance with national legislation the undertaking, and the employer, shall ensure that the employment conditions for the pregnant worker are such that the equivalent dose to the unborn child is as low as reasonably achievable and unlikely to exceed 1 mSv during at least the remainder of the pregnancy.

43. Urges the Council to break the deadlock with regard to the adoption of the amendment to the pregnant workers directive accepting the flexibility proposed by Parliament so that Europe can make progress in protecting the rights and improving the working conditions of pregnant workers and those who have recently given birth; underlines, in this connection, the importance of effectively protecting motherhood and fatherhood by combating i) dismissal from employment during or after pregnancy, ii) salary cuts during maternity leave, and iii) downgrading of job status or remuneration upon return to work; emphasises the need to ensure that ...[+++]non-typical employees of companies, such as locums, freelance workers and other temporary employees, can assert rights to an extent that reflects the individual employee's work contribution in the period prior to pregnancy and birth, and which ensures the greatest possible equality of treatment in relation to permanent colleagues in the sector in question;