In the year 2013 Brazil included domestic workers as part as the ‘normal’ workforce resulting in benefiting of workers rights, this past June 2nd president Dilma Rousseff approved a legal rights extension for domestic workers. Some of the included benefits are extra payment for night shifts, severance pay if fired without a cause and insurance against work related accidents. Brazil has an estimate of 6.5 million domestic workers, for a full report continue reading the article by France 24
Flash – Brazil gives more rights to domestic workers – France 24.