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concerned, to join organizations, federations and confederations of their own choosing.

Article 4

1. Each Member shall set a minimum age for domestic workers consistent with the provisions of the Minimum

Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138), and the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182), and not

lower than that established by national laws and regulations for workers generally.

2. Each Member shall take measures to ensure that work performed by domestic workers who are under the

age of 18 and above the minimum age of employment does not deprive them of compulsory education, or

interfere with opportunities to participate in further education or vocational training.

Article 5

Each Member shall take measures to ensure that domestic workers enjoy effective protection against all forms

of abuse, harassment and violence.

Article 6

Each Member shall take measures to ensure that domestic workers, like workers generally, enjoy fair terms

of employment as well as decent working conditions and, if they reside in the household, decent living conditions

that respect their privacy.

Article 7

Each Member shall take measures to ensure that domestic workers are informed of their terms and conditions

of employment in an appropriate, verifiable and easily understandable manner and preferably, where possible,

through written contracts in accordance with national laws, regulations or collective agreements, in particular:

a) The name and address of the employer and of the worker;

b) The address of the usual workplace or workplaces;

c) The starting date and, where the contract is for a specified period of time, its duration;

d) The type of work to be performed;

e) The remuneration, method of calculation and periodicity of payments;

f) The normal hours of work;

g) Paid annual leave, and daily and weekly rest periods;

h) The provision of food and accommodation, if applicable;

i) The period of probation or trial period, if applicable;

j) The terms of repatriation, if applicable; and

k) Terms and conditions relating to the termination of employment, including any period of notice by either

the domestic worker or the employer.

Article 8

1. National laws and regulations shall require that migrant domestic workers who are recruited in one country

for domestic work in another receive a written job offer, or contract of employment that is enforceable in the

country in which the work is to be performed, addressing the terms and conditions of employment referred to in

Article 7, prior to crossing national borders for the purpose of taking up the domestic work to which the offer or

contract applies.

2. The preceding paragraph shall not apply to workers who enjoy freedom of movement for the purpose of

employment under bilateral, regional or multilateral agreements, or within the framework of regional economic

integration areas.

3. Members shall take measures to cooperate with each other to ensure the effective application of the

provisions of this Convention to migrant domestic workers.

4. Each Member shall specify, by means of laws, regulations or other measures, the conditions under which