| '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 |
| The Definition does not include:
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A farm worker who performs domestic work in a
home on a farm. |
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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