Many domestic employment relationships are ridden with frustration and conflict, bringing tension into the home. But laws regulating domestic employment have changed, explain Amy Tekie and Kelebogile Khunou.
The laws regulating employment of domestic work have changed. If you employ a nanny, cleaner, driver, gardener or other domestic worker in your home, you may need to amend the terms of employment in order to stay within the bounds of the law.
Firstly, from 1 March, employers of domestic workers are required to pay their employees a minimum wage of R23.19 per hour, as announced by Minister for Employment and Labour, Thulas Nxesi. This translates to approximately R4 019.57 per month for a 40-hour work week and R4 522.02 for 45 hours per week. Overtime must be paid for any hours worked beyond 45 hours, and should be paid at 1.5 times the employee’s normal wage. Overtime pay for domestic workers is R34.79 per hour at minimum.
It is important to note that the minimum wage is the lowest pay an employer can legally provide to their employee.
For sole income providers, the national minimum wage is usually not sufficient to meet a family’s basic needs. According to Statistics South Africa, the food poverty line, also known as the "extreme" poverty line, is R624 per person per month.
A domestic worker earning the minimum wage, just over R4 000 per month, supporting a family of four, would have to spend more than 50% of her salary on meeting the family’s basic needs; less than...
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