Association of Domestic Work Employers
(in formation) 

Do you pay someone to clean your house, cook for you, take care of your children, or do other tasks? Then you know how essential housework is! And you’re an employer with employer responsibilities. You know that domestic workers often face poor working conditions and want to do the right thing. But how? How do you interact with each other? How much should you pay? How do you make arrangements? You’re not alone in asking these questions! That’s why the Association of Domestic Employers now exists—to share information, find practical solutions, and work towards recognition of domestic work. 

We advocate for, and work towards, a fair and caring working environment within private households. The association supports employers of housecleaners, babysitters or nannies, caregivers, live-in workers, and other workers performing all types of domestic work, enabling them to fulfill their responsibilities and ensuring that they provide safe and fair workplaces. The association is committed to addressing structural disadvantages in the care and domestic sectors, preferably in alliances, and strives for the recognition of domestic work and for equal and institutional protection and accountability in the provision and receipt of care services. The association advocates for the interests of private employers of international domestic workers, who wish to employ domestic workers through regularisation. 

We are an association in formation. We are working toward becoming an association that can play a role in social dialogue and in engaging with labor unions and the government. But we still have a long way to go!