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8 Useful tips for managing minimum wages and leave for your domestic workers
1. If you are in a large urban area, the minimum wage is:
- R10.48 per hour
- R285.62 per week
- R1 237.60 per month
for workers who work less than 27 hours a week.
2. Workers in big cities, who work more than 27 hours, should receive a minimum of:
- R8.95 per hour
- R402.96 per week
- R1 746 per month.
3. Double pay for work on Sundays or public holidays.
4. If you provide housing that meets the Department of Labour standards you may deduct 10% of your worker's pay.
5. Domestic workers cannot work more than 45 hours a week without overtime pay. In addition, they can’t work more than nine hours a day in a five-day week or more than eight hours a day if they work more than five days a week without overtime pay.
6. Don’t ask workers to work more than three hours overtime a day. They should not work more than 15 overtime hours in a week.
7. Domestic workers are legally entitled to 21 consecutive days of annual leave if they work full-time or one day per 17 days of work.
8. They are entitled to four months of unpaid maternity leave and six weeks of paid sick leave every three years.
