The invisible and exploited: the hidden labor reality of domestic service workers in Barranquilla, Colombia
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2022
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Ediciones Universidad Simón Bolívar
Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales
Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales
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Background: The International Labor Organization has declared domestic work an object of special care concern, seeking the recognition of labor rights of those who exercise such work, and its observance under the precepts of decent work; In Colombia, despite great efforts by the State, this objective has not been achieved; (2) Methods: A mixed methodology was used, under a concurrent triangulation design (DITRIAC), through the application of 105 surveys, and two focus group sessions; the sampling used was the uniform stratified probabilistic sampling; (3) Results: the results showed that 89.3% of the respondents entered into verbal agreements with all of the focus group participants earning wages below the legally established requirements, without the recognition nor payment of overtime. Additionally, it was also reported by nearly 100% of those workers of Venezuelan origin that they had been victims of xenophobia; (4) Conclusions: It was concluded that in Barranquilla there is a precarious hiring of domestic workers, far from the normative precepts; Their work spaces are filled with racist and discriminatory behavior, and as such is seen as the starting point where the State must urgently implement actions to eradicate such negative behavior.
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Working conditions, Work agreements, Work rights, Work discrimination, Domestic service workers
