Employing a Domestic Worker

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Quick Overview

On 1 September 2002 a new sectoral determination was issued by the Minister of Labour to cover all domestic workers. For the first time, minimum wages were introduced into this sector, which is defined to include gardeners, child minders and drivers in private households. Every employer of a domestic worker must comply with the minimum conditions established by the sectoral determination, and keep proper records of wages paid and other employment details.

This book sets out fully, authoritatively and in plain language what the laws are.

Product Description

Special Features

  • A sample contract.
  • The Sectoral Determination (which every employer is by law required to have on the premises and available to employees).
  • Union and Department of Labour contact addresses.

Table of Contents

Preface
1 Which laws apply and how does the legal system work
2 What is a domestic worker?
3 Wages
4 Particulars of employment
5 Hours of work
6 Leave
7 Termination of Employment
8 Unfair Dismissal
9 Other Relevant Legislation
10 General Matters
11 Enforcing the Sectoral Determination
Appendices 1 – 7

About the Author

André van Niekerk is currently a judge of the Labour Court, and was formerly a practising attorney and director of Perrott, Van Niekerk Woodhouse Matyolo Inc., specialists in employment law. He was a legal advisor to the Anglo American Corporation and was a member of the team that drafted the Labour Relations Act 1995, and the Labour Relations Amendment Bill 2000. He is a Former president of the South African Society for Labour Law.

Book Specifications

Author André Van Niekerk
ISBN 0-9584540-3-5
Publication Date 1 Jan 2003
Target Market Employers of domestic labour (full time or part time), Employees, Union officials and employee representatives, Advice offices, Public interest organisations, essentially the entire middle to upper income sector of the population, most of whom probably wish to be law-abiding but are ignorant of its requirements.

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