DOCUMENTATION AND PROTECTION OF DOMESTIC WORKERS BILL
Bill · Labour
A Bill provides a framework for registering and protecting domestic workers in Nigeria. It targets domestic workers, their employers, and agencies to ensure fair treatment and prevent abuse.
What Is This Policy?
A bill to provide a legal framework for the documentation, registration, and protection of domestic workers in Nigeria, ensuring their rights and welfare are safeguarded.
Who Does It Target?
Domestic workers (housekeepers, nannies, cooks, drivers, gardeners, etc.), their employers, and employment agencies.
What Does It Aim to Achieve?
Protect the rights and welfare of domestic workers, prevent exploitation and abuse, formalize domestic work arrangements, and ensure fair treatment and compensation.
Key Features
Registration Framework: Mandatory documentation and registration of domestic workers. Workers' Rights: Defined minimum standards for wages, working hours, rest periods, and leave. Protection Mechanisms: Legal protections against abuse, exploitation, and unfair treatment. Employment Contracts: Requirement for written employment agreements between employers and domestic workers.
Current Status
Rollout Stage: Bill under legislative consideration. Coverage: All domestic workers and employers nationwide. Funding: Federal and state government funding for enforcement.
How to Access
Upon enactment, domestic workers and employers register through designated government agencies. Await passage of the bill into law Register domestic workers through designated agencies Execute written employment contracts
Impact & Metrics
Expected to improve the welfare of millions of domestic workers in Nigeria and reduce exploitation.
Official Resources
Website: nass.gov.ng Contact: National Assembly, Abuja
Legal Framework
Introduced under the legislative powers of the National Assembly vested by Section 4 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). Draws on the Labour Act (Cap L1 LFN 2004), the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition, Enforcement and Administration) Act 2015, the Child Rights Act 2003, and the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act 2015. Aligns with ILO Convention No. 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers, the UN Protocol against trafficking, and the Maputo Protocol.