All About Domestic workers

• Useful Document - ES- What domestic workers and their Employers should know about minimum wages and basic conditions of employment.pdf

Minimum wages for the Domestic sector.

All the sectoral determination of an act

• Sectoral Determination 7: Domestic Workers
  

Read or download labour legislation published as Acts and Amendments to the Acts

• Basic Conditions of Employment Act

  Applies to all employers and workers and regulates leave, working hours, employment contracts, deductions, pay slips, and termination

Plain English summaries of key topics within labour legislation

• Basic Guide to Annual Leave (Domestic Workers)
  Rules for annual leave as prescribed by Sectoral Determination 7 for domestic workers
• Basic Guide to Child Labour (Domestic Workers)
  Sectoral Determination 7 for domestic workers does not allow for the employment of children under the age of 15.
• Basic Guide to Deductions (Domestic Workers)
  Sectoral Determination 7 allows for deductions from a domestic worker’s pay only under certain conditions
• Basic Guide to Employment Contracts (Domestic Workers)
  Sectoral Determination 7 requires that employers give domestic  workers certain details of their employment in writing
• Basic Guide to Family Responsibility Leave (Domestic Workers)
  Under Sectoral Determination 7, domestic workers may take paid leave to attend to certain family situations
• Basic Guide to Maternity Leave (Domestic Workers)
  Sectoral Determination 7 gives pregnant domestic workers the right to take maternity leave
• Basic Guide to Minimum Wages (Domestic Workers)
  Minimum wages as set out in Sectoral Determination 7.
• Basic Guide to Overtime (Domestic Workers)
  Sectoral Determination 7: Domestic Workers regulates overtime working hours and pay for such hours.
• Basic Guide to Pay Slips (Domestic Workers)
  Sectoral Determination 7 stipulates that employers must give domestic workers certain details each time they are paid.
• Basic Guide to Public Holidays (Domestic Workers)
  Sectoral Determination 7 stipulates the conditions for working on Public Holidays for domestic workers.
• Basic Guide to Sick Leave (Domestic Workers)
  Rules for sick leave as prescribed by Sectoral Determination 7 for domestic workers.
• Basic Guide to Temporary Employment Services (Domestic Workers)
  Sectoral Determination 7 sets the regulations for temporary employment agencies for domestic workers.
• Basic Guide to Termination (Domestic Workers)
  Sectoral Determination 7: Domestic Workers stipulates the procedures for termination of an employment contract.
• Basic Guide to UIF Registration
  All employers must register with the UIF or SARS.
• Basic Guide to Working Hours (Domestic Workers)
  Sectoral Determination 7 regulates working hours and rest periods for domestic workers.
• Basic Guide to Working on Sundays (Domestic Workers)
  Sectoral Determination 7: Domestic workers prescribes the wages for working on a Sunday.
• Employer’s Guide to UIF
  Employers must register themselves and their workers with the UIF and pay contributions monthly.
• Worker’s Guide to UIF
  All workers must contribute 1% of their pay to the UIF. To claim for benefits certain documents need to be completed and handed in at a labour centre.

Simple step-by step instructions for processes and procedures

• How To Apply to Pay the UIF Annually

  Employers who want to pay UIF annually may do so before the 7 of March every year.

• How To De-register with the UIF

  Employers must complete certain documents to de-register with the UIF and then follow up to make sure that it has been done.

• How To do UIF Declarations

  Employers can mail, fax, email or do their declarations online.

Download application forms, claim forms, reports, and samples of employment documents with instructions. You can also download templates of documents issued by the Department of Labour

• Form BCEA4 - Pay Slip

  Employers must give their workers pay slips so they can keep record of their pay details.

• Form BCEA5 - Certificate of Service

  Employers must give workers a Certificate of Service when their employment is terminated to prove that they worked for the employer.

• Form UI-8D - Application for registration as an employer of workers in a PRIVATE HOUSEHOLD

  Application for Registration as an employer of Domestic Workers with the UIF

• Sample - Domestic worker employment contract

  An example of a domestic workers employment contract.