CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

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Proposal for Resolution No 94 /XII

The Convention No. 189 on the Digit Work for Worker and Workers

of the Domestic Service, was adopted by the General Conference of the International Organization

of the Work, at its 100 th session, held in Geneva on June 16, 2011.

This Convention aims to guarantee working people and domestic service workers a

minimum protection equivalent to that of the remaining categories of workers, whether in matter

of fundamental rights at work, whether in the field of protection against practices

fraudulent or abusive or, yet, in the case of female employees and workers

housed / those in the household, of respect for private life.

In that sense, the present international legal instrument enshrines, in particular, a

set of provisions relating to living and working conditions, safety and health in the

work, the minimum age, the retribution and social security.

On the object of Convention No 189, it should be stressed that the principles enshrined there already

are welcomed, in their large majority, by the Portuguese legal order. On the other hand, and

considering that there are certain provisions of the Convention which focus on matters of the

competence of the European Union, the Council Decision of January 28 was adopted

2014, which authorizes Member States to ratify, in the interest of the Union, the Convention

on Digno Work for the Domestic workers, 2011, of the Organization

International Labour (Convention No 189), with regard to the Parties that focus

on matters of the competence conferred on the Union by the Treaties.

The social partners with a seat on the Standing Committee on Concertation were heard

Social Economic and Social Council.

CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

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Thus:

Under the terms of the paragraph d ) of Article 197 (1) of the Constitution, the Government presents to the

Assembly of the Republic the following motion for a resolution:

Approve the Convention No 189 on the Digit Work for Worker and

Domestic Service Workers, adopted by the General Conference of the Organization

International Labour, at its 100 th session, held in Geneva on June 16,

2011, whose text, in the authenticated version in the English and French languages and respect translation

for Portuguese language, it publishes in annex

Seen and approved in Council of Ministers of September 18, 2014

The Prime Minister

The Minister of State and Foreign Affairs

The Minister of the Presidency and Parliamentary Affairs