abstract: 'Domestic work, as one of the most feminised occupations in existence, is

  also one of those least likely to offer a prospect of equal treatment

  with workers in other sectors. Notably, live-in domestic workers are

  regularly excluded from even the most fundamental entitlements such as

  that to an hourly minimum wage. The rise of an international industry

  organising live-in care work for the frail and disabled brings the

  questions of how to regulate this sector back to the table also and

  especially in the most affluent countries. Departing from a prominent

  recent court decision in Germany, the contribution explores how

  jurisdictions around the globe approach the key legal questions

  determining the labour rights of live-ins. On this basis, it offers a

  discussion of the way forward in a policy area which urgently requires

  an honest discussion of how to balance conflicting vital interest of

  different disadvantaged groups in a fair and realistic way.'
affiliation: 'Hiessl, C (Corresponding Author), Katholieke Univ Leuven, Inst Labour
  Law, Blijde Inkomststr17,Bus 3423, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.

  Hiessl, C (Corresponding Author), Yonsei Univ, Grad Sch Social Welf, 50 Yonsei Ro,
  Seoul 03722, South Korea.

  Hiessl, Christina, Katholieke Univ Leuven, Inst Labour Law, Blijde Inkomststr17,Bus
  3423, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.

  Hiessl, Christina, Yonsei Univ, Grad Sch Social Welf, 50 Yonsei Ro, Seoul 03722,
  South Korea.'
article-number: '547'
author: Hiessl, Christina
author-email: christina.hiessl@kuleuven.be
author_list:
- family: Hiessl
  given: Christina
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.3390/socsci11120547
eissn: 2076-0760
files: []
journal: SOCIAL SCIENCES-BASEL
keywords: 'care work; domestic work; live-in work; labour rights; equal treatment;

  long-term care; minimum wage; labour law; social security; labour

  migration'
keywords-plus: DOMESTIC WORKERS; MIGRANT
language: English
month: DEC
number: '12'
number-of-cited-references: '59'
orcid-numbers: Hiessl, Christina/0000-0003-1331-1329
papis_id: 8b200a528e43e680dd0819c9a646147d
ref: Hiessl2022labourrights
times-cited: '0'
title: 'Labour Rights for Live-In Care Workers: The Long and Bumpy Road Ahead'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000903334100001
usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
usage-count-since-2013: '4'
volume: '11'
web-of-science-categories: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
year: '2022'