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Trade Union Organising and Recruitment System of Domestic Workers in Nigeria

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Received: 15 November, 2018        Accepted: 30 December, 2018        Published: 31 December, 2018

Citation: Trade Union Organising and Recruitment System of Domestic Workers in Nigeria. Account Tax Rev 2003; 2(4):86-98 doi:

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Abstract

The study examines the effect of organizing domestic workers on their recruitment system with a view to ameliorating the untoward activities of the recruitment agents and the employers in the informal sector. It adopted a survey design using structured questionnaire for data collection. The sample size of 189 was purposively selected through stratified random technique. The population of this study was made up of all the stakeholders involved in domestic workers organising; domestic workers, Industrial Unions in Nigeria, FIWON, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment (Labour officers and Inspectors). Multistage sample was adopted to select the sample size proportional to the cluster of the population. Multiple regression analysis was employed to establish the relationship between organising domestic workers into association and their recruitment system. The result revealed a positive relationship between organising domestic workers and the recruitment system. The study also revealed thatorganising domestic workers significantly impacted on recruitment of domestic workers. The study concluded that organising domestic workers will be a right step in the right direction because it will minimise the activities of illegal agents recruiting domestic workers, awkward treatment by the employer, and control the routes through which domestic workers are recruited into various households. It was recommended that government should put in place enabling laws and processes that willtransform domestic workers into the formal sector. 

Keywords: Domestic workers, Recruitment system, Organising, Informal economy, Employers.