'Employers are reluctant to register domestic workers due to general aversion to compliance with the law.'
“If employers in South Africa can still get away with not registering domestic workers, they will do it,” Witbooi said.
“Much more must be spent on education for domestic workers,” Witbooi said, so that domestic workers can fight more effectively for their rights.On May 23, a judge ruled in the Pretoria High Court that the exclusion of domestic workers in the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act of 1993 is unconstitutional. But the law has yet to be changed.
“It’s important for employers to recognise what domestic workers really are,” Witbooi said. “We are a part of the economy.”decided to test the uFiling system because, coincidentally, one of our staff members needed to register a domestic worker. We tried again at 2.35pm. This time the automated message said no one would be available from 3pm to 3.15pm. And again the line went dead.
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