The global My Fair Home campaign is a collaboration between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF). It focuses on the employers of domestic workers – encouraging them to personally take the My Fair Home
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Quality Care. Quality Jobs. from Migrant Rights Centre Ireland on Vimeo. Carers and people receiving care in Ireland speak about about their daily lives, the bonds between them, and the importance of home care in allowing people to live with
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On International Women’s Day, a Spanish au pair has been awarded €9,229 by the Workplace Relations Commission after the family she worked for was found to have breached employment laws. MRCI, which supported the au pair to take the case,
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Morning Ireland, 8th March 2016 ‘Crystal clear’ ruling determines au pairs have to be treated as employees: Edel McGinley, Director of the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, discusses a landmark WRC ruling on the payment of au pairs.
Care is an issue that affect us all. Our report on the home care sector tracks the ageing of Ireland’s population and the sub-par conditions of home care workers, many of whom are migrants. Ireland is facing into an elder
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