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'Domestic worker' is defined to include any domestic worker or independent contractor
who performs domestic work in a private dwelling. The definition also includes:
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A person doing gardening in a private home
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Persons who look after children, the aged, the sick, the frail or the disabled in
a private household
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A person employed to drive the car taking the children of the household to school
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The Definition does not include:
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A farm worker who performs domestic work in a home on a farm.
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According to the above definitions each employer for whom the domestic worker works
more than 24 hours a month, must register the domestic worker and make a UIF contribution.
Regardless of whether or not a domestic worker works for 24 hours a month, the stipulations
highlighted in the SECTORAL DETERMINATION SEVEN are
relevant and must be abided by.
Click here to view and print a summary of the SECTORAL
DETERMINATION SEVEN that must be accessible to the domestic worker at his/her place
of work.
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