Domestic Workers

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)

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