New data published by SweepSouth shows the devastating impact of emigration and semigration on domestic workers in South Africa.
The group published its fifth annual domestic worker survey on Monday , outlining trends in how personal employees get paid in the country and how their lives have been impacted by the Covid pandemic and shifts in employment.
Data published from Statistics South Africa’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey for Q1 2022 showed that hiring for domestic workers dropped significantly during the quarter. “Job losses were dominated by two causes: employers no longer being able to afford the services of their domestic worker and their employer moving home,” SweepSouth said.
The second biggest factor in domestic workers losing their jobs was an employer not being able to afford to pay them, SweepSouth said. Historically, Old Mutual’s OMSIM has shown that domestic workers are often one of the first monthly household expenses to get cut when tough financial times hit.per month for women andper month on average with a median of five days worked.
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