PSI Response to ILO General Survey on Decent Work for Care Economy Workers

PSI believes that in their current form, C149 and R157 largely retain their relevance. However, these instruments should be supplemented with revisions where needed. A revised instrument should strengthen provisions for equal pay, rights to effectively bargain, and formalise and regulate the status of community health and care work. Provisions that allow for insecure work (para. 57 of R157) and volunteer labour (article 1.3 of C149) in the current instruments should be removed.