The housekeeping industry in India, if it wants to encourage skilled workforce and retain them, and thereby hope to reach the international standards of service in the near future, in true sense, must make a concerted effort to take care of its workers. However, improving the pitiable pay structure and social prestige, particularly for the cleaning and hygiene employees engaged in the vast unorganized segment of the industry is not the responsibility of only the management of the hospitality and facility management companies; onus is also on the civil society at large. We can make a humble beginning by treating the persons who sweep our roads or clean our public and private toilets at corporate societies, business centers, mall, etc. with more dignity. Of course, at the same time they should get a slightly decent pay packet and their working hours should become less erratic. Unless we pay them better, treat them better and make efforts to secure their future to some extent, we cannot hope to have a huge army of trained housekeeping personnel, which in any case is the need of the times to meet their huge demand in the corporate sector and the hospitality industry. It is not that housekeeping workers have no rights, but there is a huge dearth of consciousness about their rights. The clean & hygiene workers and as well as the contractors or management who hire them must be aware that under the Shop and Establishments Act, unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled workers are entitled to various social security benefits like PF, gratuity, bonus & leaves.