The Employers’ Perspective towards Women Domestic Workers

Home management is being considered as the prime responsibility of a woman. To raise the standard of living and to attain a sound economic base, participation of women in formal sector has increased. To create a balance between household and work, they have started looking for some helping hands. In this direction, domestic workers have become their hope to sustain life. It has been supposed that the household tasks can be efficiently performed by women only; therefore women domestic workers get priority over men to execute these responsibilities.

A sample consisting 150 employers, who have hired the services of women domestic workers, have been taken for the study. The data was collected using a self-structured questionnaire. A Five point Likert Scale(1= perfectly disagree to 5= perfectly agree) has been used. Averages and percentages were calculated to comprehend results.

The study reveals the factors responsible for the increasing demand for domestic workers in general, and demand for women domestic workers in particular. Further, it addresses the employers’ perspective towards women domestic workers. It also highlights the problems which the employers have faced and the probable risks undertaken by them while hiring the women domestic workers