The Jamaica Household Workers’ Union (JHWU) is anticipating that the Sexual Harassment (Protection and Prevention) Act, 2021, which takes effect on July 3, will have a ripple effect of breaking the silence of domestic workers who have been enduring.
A number of household workers who were dismissed from their jobs at the height of the novel coronavirus pandemic have found other means of earning income, according to Jamaica Household Workers' Union.
When we listened to Prime Minister Andrew Holness’s announcement early last Friday morning that a state of emergency (SOE) would take immediate effect in the parish of St Catherine, I remember.
Senior Government minister Karl Samuda on Thursday expressed confidence that the era of unfair treatment and sexual harassment experienced by some household workers is ending due to increased advo.