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Domestic workers
The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) legislation defines a domestic worker as an employee who performs domestic work in the home. Domestic workers did not, until recently, receive the benefits and protection of statutory law. The position has changed substantially since the provisions of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1983, became applicable to domestic employees. There are also various trade unions and associations to assist such employees.
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Domestic workers did not, until recently, receive the benefits
and protection of statutory law.
Some employers of
domestic workers are still unsure about exactly how to go about
registering their employees with the Unemployment Insurance Fund
(UIF) and how to pay contributions to the fund.
Provided by The Department of Labour
There is a great
deal of confusion about the compulsory increase which domestic
workers were entitled to as from the beginning of November last
year and which will apply again in November this year.
New minimum wages for domestic workers, applicable from 1/12/2005, have been published in Government Gazette no. 28223, of 11/11/2005.
The do's and dont's of employing a domestic servant
For many of us, domestic workers are an integral part of our lives. They help us manage our households and raise our children. It’s only fair that they are valued and treated with the respect and professionalism with which we treat other employees.