Document

Report # 1

Oral Communication

Topic: Domestic servant

Group Members:

Rabail Sattar

Jaffer Soomro

Khalid serwer

Submitted To:

Mam Zehra Shah

Date: 5 - 12 -2012

INDEX:

Topic

* Introduction

* Research

* issues

* Survey

* Problems in survey

* Questionnaire

* Interview

* Conclusion

* Reference

Domestic servant

Introduction:

A domestic worker also known as a servant is a person 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.

There are so many domestic servants who live with the Family where they work. And they shifted in cities from their town without their family. While surveying we observe that almost all the domestic servants is UN educated. Some left their studies in between because of financial problem of their family. But the main problem to become a servant is EDUCATION.

Research:

According to a study, In Pakistan every fourth household in the country hires domestic worker and majority of these workers is females (especially children). In Pakistan, there is usually no contract or job description for domestic servants. As a result, the servant knows that he will end up doing all the household chores. From cleaning and dusting, to cooking, washing and ironing, a servant is a general purpose help, often like a slave. His salary could be as high as Rs7, 000 or as low as Rs2, 000 a month. It is estimated that in Pakistan about 70 per cent of domestic servants are females.

Issues:

The domestic workers face the following issues:

* Long and unlimited hours of work

* Heavy...