Impacto de las reformas laborales del año 2010 en la contratación del servicio doméstico en el cantón Cuenca

Abstract

The present research analyzes the international and national rules that regulate the domestic work and an historical account about the changes in this conception. Analyzing the international instruments and jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the comparative legislation of Latin American countries such as Mexico and Colombia. In the national aspect’s perspective is about the rights consecrated in the Constitution that cover the social conglomerate that provides domestic services as well as it specifies the regulatory changes made from the year 2010 to the present date. A study is done on the salary components that are currently perceived by those who provide this service. With this data an analysis is done through surveys, interviews and information from institutions such as: IESS, Ministry of Labour and INEC on derived results from the change in the regulations of the domestic work in Cuenca city, and it gets negative results as the offer of this type of work has decreased, and the facto modalities have been generated, even degraded, under in which the domestic service is currently provided, and those who are engaged in this activity get placed in a precarious situation.