Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka Domestic Workers (Social Security and Welfare) draft bill prepared by the state Labour Department prohibits employment of domestic workers without agreement and mandates paying minimum wages to them.

Employers or service providers or agencies contravening the provisions of the Act can be punished with a maximum of three-months' prison term and fine, as per the draft bill.

For the draft bill published on Wednesday, citizens have a month's time to give suggestions and raise objections.

As per the draft bill, no domestic worker shall be employed without an agreement in writing entered into between the employer and the worker.

Such an agreement shall follow the minimum labour standards laid down in the model employment agreement prescribed under the rules, it

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