ABSTRACT
Chapter 3 describes the different ways that labour laws have regulated homework since the late 1800s. It celebrates the considerable achievement of homeworker organisations in achieving the regulation of homework after the passing of ILO Convention on Homework 177. The chapter explores a set of causes that have contributed to the escalation of inequalities worldwide that relate to the undermining of worker organisations and the decline of the standard employment contract as the cornerstone of labour protections for working people due to the success of the neo-liberal project and the vertical disintegration of work. The chapter proposes a range of regulatory forms that might lead to stronger forms of gender justice for homeworkers.
