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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from present participle of servir. In modern French only the [[feminine]] servante has [[survived]] in this sense. In Old French the present participle had the same [[form]] in both [[genders]]; hence the [[English]] [[word]] has always been applied both to [[males]] and [[females]], without any distinction of form.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: one that serves others <a [[public]] servant>; especially
*2: one that [[performs]] [[duties]] about the [[person]] or [[home]] of a master or personal employer
==Description==
A domestic worker is someone who works within the employer's household. Domestic workers [[perform]] a variety of household [[services]] for an [[individual]] or a [[family]], from providing [[care]] for [[children]] and elderly dependents to cleaning and household [[maintenance]], known as housekeeping. [[Responsibilities]] may also include cooking, doing laundry and ironing, food shopping and other household errands. Some domestic workers live within the household where they [[work]].
The conditions faced by domestic workers have varied considerably throughout [[history]] and in the contemporary world. In the [[course]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth-century] [[movements]] for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_rights labour rights], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_rights women's rights] and immigrant rights, the conditions faced by domestic workers and the [[problems]] specific to their class of employment have come to the force. In 2011, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Labour_Organization International Labour Organization] adopted the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_domestic_workers Convention on domestic workers] which covers decent work conditions for domestic workers.
Servant is an older [[English]] term for "domestic worker", though not all servants worked inside the [[home]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servant]
[[Category: Sociology]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from present participle of servir. In modern French only the [[feminine]] servante has [[survived]] in this sense. In Old French the present participle had the same [[form]] in both [[genders]]; hence the [[English]] [[word]] has always been applied both to [[males]] and [[females]], without any distinction of form.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: one that serves others <a [[public]] servant>; especially
*2: one that [[performs]] [[duties]] about the [[person]] or [[home]] of a master or personal employer
==Description==
A domestic worker is someone who works within the employer's household. Domestic workers [[perform]] a variety of household [[services]] for an [[individual]] or a [[family]], from providing [[care]] for [[children]] and elderly dependents to cleaning and household [[maintenance]], known as housekeeping. [[Responsibilities]] may also include cooking, doing laundry and ironing, food shopping and other household errands. Some domestic workers live within the household where they [[work]].
The conditions faced by domestic workers have varied considerably throughout [[history]] and in the contemporary world. In the [[course]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth-century] [[movements]] for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_rights labour rights], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_rights women's rights] and immigrant rights, the conditions faced by domestic workers and the [[problems]] specific to their class of employment have come to the force. In 2011, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Labour_Organization International Labour Organization] adopted the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_domestic_workers Convention on domestic workers] which covers decent work conditions for domestic workers.
Servant is an older [[English]] term for "domestic worker", though not all servants worked inside the [[home]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servant]
[[Category: Sociology]]