期刊名称：International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology
印刷版ISSN：2347-6710
电子版ISSN：2319-8753
出版年度：2018
卷号：7
期号：2
页码：1935
DOI：10.15680/IJIRSET.2018.0702090
出版社：S&S Publications
摘要：Indian economy is characterised by unorganised sector. Almost 400 million people - more than 85% ofthe working population in India - work in the unorganised sector. Of these, at least 120 million are women.Unorganized sector contributed significantly and expanded rapidly in the Indian economy. The term 'unorganised' isoften used in the Indian context to refer to the vast numbers of women and men engaged in different forms ofemployment. These forms include home-based work, self-employment, employment in household enterprises, smallunits, on land as agricultural workers, labour on construction sites, domestic work, and a myriad other forms of casualor temporary employment. Domestic work is one of the oldest and most important informal occupations for millions ofwomen around the world. It is rooted in the global history of human slavery, colonialism and other form of servitude.Domestic work is essential for the economy outside the household to function and yet it is undervalued and unregulated.According to census report 2011, 41.3 lakhs were domestic labourers in India in which women were 27.9lakhs. These women domestic labourers are from the marginalised section of the society and are migrants from ruralarea. These women are exploited by their employers and yet to find out strategies for the protection of these women.Lack of proper legislations and legal support has put these women domestic labourers into still more vulnerablecondition. Even though the women domestic labourers work for more hours, they are paid very less. It affects theirpersonal and social life. They are facing a lot of problems in their work place like harassments which includespsychological threats and physical and sexual harassments. The present study made an attempt to study the problemsfaced by the women domestic workers at their work places with special reference to the women domestic workers inthe six wards of Srirangam. For the study 100 women domestic workers were contacted by using snow ball samplingmethod. Interview schedule was prepared for getting information from the respondents. By simple tabulation andanalysis the collected data was classified and from the classification conclusions were arrived. The study concludes thatproblems like low wages, no fixed working hours, extension of working hours, ill treatment on the part of theemployer, not permitted to enter into the house, no job security and psychological threats are found among most of therespondents who were interviewed. So the government has to take actions to include domestic workers in theunorganised sector and should publicise the welfare measures of the domestic workers. Then only they can make use ofthe welfare measures. Unionisation among the domestic workers may help them to protest against their rights.
