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that are not less favourable than those applicable to workers generally in respect of social security protection,

including with respect to maternity.

2. The measures referred to in the preceding paragraph may be applied progressively, in consultation with

the most representative organizations of employers and workers and, where they exist, with organizations

representative of domestic workers and those representative of employers of domestic workers.

Article 15

1. To effectively protect domestic workers, including migrant domestic workers, recruited or placed by private

employment agencies, against abusive practices, each Member shall:

a) Determine the conditions governing the operation of private employment agencies recruiting or placing

domestic workers, in accordance with national laws, regulations and practice;

b) Ensure that adequate machinery and procedures exist for the investigation of complaints, alleged abuses

and fraudulent practices concerning the activities of private employment agencies in relation to domestic workers;

c) Adopt all necessary and appropriate measures, within its jurisdiction and, where appropriate, in

collaboration with other Members, to provide adequate protection for and prevent abuses of domestic workers

recruited or placed in its territory by private employment agencies. These shall include laws or regulations that

specify the respective obligations of the private employment agency and the household towards the domestic

worker and provide for penalties, including prohibition of those private employment agencies that engage in

fraudulent practices and abuses;

d) Consider, where domestic workers are recruited in one country for work in another, concluding bilateral,

regional or multilateral agreements to prevent abuses and fraudulent practices in recruitment, placement and

employment; and

e) Take measures to ensure that fees charged by private employment agencies are not deducted from the

remuneration of domestic workers.

2. In giving effect to each of the provisions of this Article, each Member shall consult with the most

representative organizations of employers and workers and, where they exist, with organizations representative

of domestic workers and those representative of employers of domestic workers.

Article 16

Each Member shall take measures to ensure, in accordance with national laws, regulations and practice, that

all domestic workers, either by themselves or through a representative, have effective access to courts, tribunals

or other dispute resolution mechanisms under conditions that are not less favourable than those available to

workers generally.

Article 17

1. Each Member shall establish effective and accessible complaint mechanisms and means of ensuring

compliance with national laws and regulations for the protection of domestic workers.

2. Each Member shall develop and implement measures for labour inspection, enforcement and penalties

with due regard for the special characteristics of domestic work, in accordance with national laws and regulations.

3. In so far as compatible with national laws and regulations, such measures shall specify the conditions under

which access to household premises may be granted, having due respect for privacy.

Article 18

Each Member shall implement the provisions of this Convention, in consultation with the most representative

employers and workers organizations, through laws and regulations, as well as through collective agreements or

additional measures consistent with national practice, by extending or adapting existing measures to cover

domestic workers or by developing specific measures for them, as appropriate.