Domestic worker's salary and earnings in South Africa (2024)

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Domestic worker's salary and earnings in South Africa (2024)
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An estimated 800,000 domestic works in South Africa show an apparent demand for the profession. What is the average domestic worker's salary and earnings?

s play an integral part in many South African households, with some domestic workers being the sole homemakers through cleaning, cooking, and sometimes watching children. Providing adequate income for their services is essential to all that they do. How much should you pay a domestic worker per day? This article discusses the average domestic worker's salary in 2024 and other essential details.

The domestic worker profession is in high demand in the country, and homes with domestic workers are commonplace in South Africa. According to The increase means the minimum wage for domestic workers per month could be around R4,433.60 or more. The domestic worker's minimum wage per day is not reported as it depends on hours worked and not set working hours. Daily income would depend on the employer's hours, as decided upon by both parties.

The Unemployment Insurance Act and Unemployment Insurance Contributions Act apply to all employers and workers, except:, domestic workers cannot work more than 45 hours weekly, or longer than eight hours daily if a week is six days long, or nine hours daily if a week is five days long.Employers cannot require a domestic worker to work overtime unless both parties agree to work more than 15 hours of overtime weekly or more than 12 hours daily, including overtime.

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