The court also suggested declaring a day in the year as a "Domestic Workers Day" along with the "Labour Day" to share sympathies with the domestic workers. "The Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) should also come forward to play their due role in creating awareness amongst general public regarding rights of domestic workers. A comprehensive social and electronic media campaign be launched by the government for creating awareness amongst people regarding plight of domestic workers," the court remarked in a detailed verdict issued on a petition demanding rights for the domestic workers.
The court also directed the provincial government to frame rules for effective implementation of the Act by reflecting it in the schedule 2 of Punjab Government Rules of Business, 2001 and to make all the rules as prescribed under section 2(q) read with section 38 of the Act of 2019 to enable the departments concerned to applicable the law in letter and spirit.
The court also directed the government to establish the authority/governing body as envisaged in the Act and notify all the measures to make the Act of 2019 functional as it is necessary to protect the right of the domestic workers to regulate their terms of employment and working conditions of service to provide them social protection and ensure their welfare and to provide for the matters ancillary.
The Domestic Workers Act carries a ban on children below age of 15 years to work as domestic worker. The new law says no child under the age of 15 years shall be allowed to work in household in any capacity and domestic workers shall not be employed under bonded labour system.