Domestic Worker

Mumbai: Teenage maid at diamond merchant's house found dead

A 19-year-old girl, working as a domestic help at a diamond merchant's house here, was found dead, in what police suspect to be a case of suicide, a suggestion rejected by her family.

Maid death: BSP MLA's wife arrested, admits to inflicting inhuman torture

Police have arrested Jagriti Singh, wife of Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Dhananjay Singh, on suspected reports of inflicting physical torture on the maid that reportedly led to her death which was reported earlier this morning.

True cost of ghar ka khana: Time to pay the Indian housewife?

No more free lunches. Or dinners. The government wants husbands to pay part of their salaries to their wives for household chores. The road to domestic hell is paved with such good intentions.

'Bill against sexual harassment a boost to domestic workers'

If ever the logjam in Parliament over the CAG’s report on coal allocations should end, a key bill— The Protection of Women against Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill, 2010— may finally see the light of day.

Delhi child maid's trauma: just another failure in protecting kids

The recent case of a doctor couple leaving their maid locked up without food while they were on holiday brings to the fore again the unsolved problem of children being employed as domestic help across India.

US judge grants $1.5 million as compensation to 'enslaved' Indian maid

Shanti Gurung had accused her employer, Neena Malhotra, who at the time was "serving as the Counselor of Press, Culture, Information, Education, and Community Affairs at the Consulate General of India in Manhattan" of slavery.

Tata DoCoMo ad draws ire of Domestic servants association

The Gharkamgar Molkarni Sanghatna, an association of domestic servants, has objected to a TV ad of Tata DoCoMo, saying it depicted their profession in a bad light.

Dear Indians: please stop treating your help like family

While India has signed a bill last week to protect domestic workers, the case involving the Indian Consul General in New York facing an abuse lawsuit from his maid asks some very uncomfortable questions.