Urban and Domestic Workers: The Federal Constitution and its Asymmetry
The Brazilian Constitution established a lower level of protection rights to domestic servants, if compared with the rights given to regular workers. This asymmetry can be explained by particularities of this kind of job and the need to keep costs down, specially considering that domestic servant...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2009-09-01
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| Series: | Revista Estudos Feministas |
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ref/article/view/13049 |
| Summary: | The Brazilian Constitution established a lower level of protection rights to domestic
servants, if compared with the rights given to regular workers. This asymmetry can be explained
by particularities of this kind of job and the need to keep costs down, specially considering that
domestic servants are not part of a capitalistic enterprise. However there are a series of nonrecognized
rights to the domestic servants that can not be explained by its incompatibility or
cost. Perhaps this group is the focus of the next step of constitutional change, reducing the
asymmetry between the rights of the domestic workers and the regular ones. |
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| ISSN: | 0104-026X 1806-9584 |