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Domestic Workers

 

Click here to download Sectoral Determination 7 for Domestic Workers as indicated in the schedule  (word document)

                               
Good News for cash-strapped domestic workers
Page Boikanyo: Departmental Spokesperson: Department of Labour

The season of goodwill has come early for thousands of domestic workers who are set to benefit from a wage increase just above 7 percent, the department of labour said yesterday.

Virgil Seafield, executive manager for employment standards, said the hike would apply in both area A and B. Area A would normally be your metropolitan areas whilst Area B would be your smaller towns. It is however necessary to contact your labour department to determine the area in which you fall.

“Starting on December 1, minimum wages of domestic workers employed for more than 27 hours a week in area A will rise from R6.88 per hour to R7.40. Put another way, their wages will go up from R1 340.95 to R1 442.86 per month,’’ he said.

Seafield said the increase was based on the consumer price index (CPI) of 6.6 percent, plus 1 percent for area A .

He said wages for area B will rise from R5.63 per hour to R6.11 or from R1 097.40 to R1 191.78 per month. The latter was based on the CPI plus 2 percent.

Seafield said even workers employed under 27 hours in a week stood to benefit from the increase, with their minimum wages being raised from R8.12 to R8.74 per hour for area A, and from R6.65 to R7.22 for area B.

 Issued by: Departmental Spokesperson: Department of Labour

 Click here to download Sectoral Determination 7 for Domestic Workers as indicated in the schedule  (word document) 

SCHEDULE

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Clause

Content

Page

 

 

PART A: Application

 

 

  1.  

Application

4

 

 

PART B: Wages

 

 

  1.  

Wages

4

  1.  

Annual Wage Increase

5

  1.  

Calculation of Wages

8

  1.  

Payment of wages

8

  1.  

Information Concerning Pay

9

  1.  

Prohibited Acts Concerning Payment of Wages

10

  1.  

Deductions

10-11

 

 

PART C: Particulars of Employment

 

 

  1.  

Written Particulars of Employment

12

 

 

PART D: Hours of Work

 

 

  1.  

Ordinary Hours of Work

13

  1.  

Overtime

13

  1.  

Payment for Overtime

14

  1.  

Night Work

14

  1.  

Standby

15

  1.  

Meal Intervals

15

  1.  

Rest Period

16

  1.  

Payment for Work on Sunday

17

  1.  

Public Holidays

18

 

 

PART E: Leave

 

 

  1.  

Annual Leave

19

  1.  

Sick Leave

20

  1.  

Family Responsibility Leave

21

  1.  

Maternity Leave

 

 

22

 

 

PART F: Prohibition of Child Labour and Forced Labour

 

 

  1.  

Prohibition of Child Labour and Forced Labour

23

 

 

PART G: Termination of Employment

 

 

  1.  

Termination

24

  1.  

Payment on Termination

25

  1.  

Accommodation on Termination

26

  1.  

Severance Pay

26

  1.  

Certificate of Service

27

  1.  

Employment Services

27

  1.  

Keeping of the Sectoral Determination

27

  1.  

What Words Mean

28-29

 

ANNEXURES

Guidelines on the sectoral determination

Written particulars of employment

Job description

Certificate of service

Payslip

 

 

 

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19 February 2010 10:43:51 PM

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