cleaning lady/woman

would work, yes

Ich habe gehört, dass das nicht "politically correct" ist und daher es etwas in der Art von "room management" oder so ähnlich gibt. Im Deutschen heißt es ja auch "Reinigungskraft"...

How about: residential cleaning professional ? :-))

PC enough??

In what context?

In a home or a hotel, you could also call her a maid. That's the traditional name, so it's probably slightly less politically correct rather than more, but it's still widely used. You could probably do an internet search for maids + union and find out what other formal names are used. Maybe something with 'domestic.'

In an office, hospital, etc., you could also say she works in housekeeping, as a janitor (though that word is used more for men), as a cleaner, or is on the housekeeping / janitorial / cleaning staff.

Either one could be called doing housekeeping work. But a housekeeper might also be the person in charge of that whole department in a hotel, or a live-in maid at a wealthy private residence, so that could be ambiguous.

Either one could be called a cleaning lady/woman. (Lady is more traditionally polite, woman is more feminist/modern/politically correct.)

Helmi's suggestion is very nice if you're looking for something dignified for her to use in her own advertising or on her résumé, though it's not a widely used fixed term.

'Charlady' is definitely only BE and possibly also dated.

Haven't heard of 'room management,' sorry. I would guess that to be the job of assigning different rooms (in a large office) to different people or groups.

evtl. auch "nanny" (wobei das eher Richtung Kinderbetreuung geht)

@ 5

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

;o)

Now there's Politically Incorrect ;-))

@#9
"Can I do you now, sir?"

# 8: this was my first thought as well, Dragon ;-)

You can't go wrong with cleaner.

@#12: In dem Zusammenhang fällt mir diese schöne Redewendung ein:
Dictionary: take to the cleaner's

@#11: What's FOC? ;o))

Read that in Cronin's "Passage", where the "sweeps" of a military facility play a key role.

Apropos PC (German): saw a young guy cleaning floors etc. in Fraport on TV recently - a "Reinigungsfachkraft"; but I don't think he's paid a little extra for the title.  

But this has tradition in Germany: 'Einzelhandelskauffrau' has long meant 'shopgirl'.

True: German has always been more "PC" than English.

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