THE Department of Employment and Labour has called on domestic workers who continue to be paid below the national minimum wage (NMW) to report such violations to the department.
The department’s Deputy Director: Advocacy and Stakeholder Relations, Caroline Kwetepane, said three years since the introduction of the NMW, some employers are still exploiting and violating the law by underpaying domestic workers.
“In addition to being underpaid, domestic workers are still not given contracts of employment, not handed payslips, not registered for injuries on duty, not registered for Unemployment Insurance Fund benefits and not extended leave benefits, among other violations,” she said.
Kwetepane was speaking during the department’s domestic worker seminar held at the weekend at Atteridgeville Community Hall in Tshwane.
The workshop is part of the department’s Inspection and Enforcement Services (IES) branch advocacy programme to educate stakeholders on labour laws and promote compliance.
The theme of the seminar was
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