Domestic workers still outside the ambit of minimum wages, finds study Updated: Updated: ‘Live-in workers faced additional challenges of work conditions akin to forced or bonded labour’ Share Article ‘Live-in workers faced additional challenges of work conditions akin to forced or bonded labour’ With multiple employers and the non-applicability of labour laws, domestic workers struggle to access minimum wages, social protection or workplace safety and health, all of which are integral to the decent working conditions of a domestic worker as stated in the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Domestic Worker Convention, 2011, a recent study has found. The study, ‘Road Map for Developing a Policy Framework for the Inclusion of Internal Migrant Workers in India’, observed that live-in workers faced additional challenges of work conditions akin to forced or bonded labour, including a lack of privacy, defined working hours, and access to trade unions or other organisations working with domestic workers. The study was brought out by the ILO in collaboration with Aajeevika Bureau and the Centre for Migration and Inclusive Development.