Context: The recent proposal for a monthly salary for Household work by women has revived the debate on the recognition of domestic work as work.
Issues with the proposal: it indicates an employer-employee relationship, a relationship of subordination with the employer having disciplinary control over the employee.
Analyzing the issues of unpaid work by women in India:
Legislative response:
Judicial response:
International response: till 1851, no country had recognized a wife’s right in earnings of any sort.
Conclusion: The work women perform for the family should be valued equally with men’s work during the continuance of marriage, enhancing wives’ rights on the earnings and properties.