Compilation of decisions of the Committee on Freedom of Association

Right of workers and employers, without distinction whatsoever, to establish and to join organizations3

Distinctions based on occupational category

Home-based workers

1. Home-based workers are not excluded from the application of Convention No. 87 and should therefore be governed by the guarantees it affords and have the right to establish and join occupational organizations.

1. Persons working from home in the social services, health and childcare sectors should be able to enjoy the provisions of the Labour Code, or enjoy genuinely equivalent rights.