Patricia Langa* has been told not to return to work. “The problem is this lockdown,” the 63-year-old domestic worker says. “I was working for that lady for nine months. Last month she paid me. This month, she didn’t pay me. If I ask her why she didn’t pay me, she says: ‘We don’t have money’.”
With the easing of lockdown regulations, only live-in domestic workers and caregivers have been allowed to return to work. All domestic workers will be allowed back at work only under level two restrictions. As a result, many of them will continue to go without incomes until the lockdown is relaxed further.
Despite efforts by the government to soften the blow of the lockdown on employers — and, by extension, their workers — Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi has warned that large-scale job losses are inevitable. In its worst-case projections, the treasury has forecast job losses of seven million.
But access to the Ters benefit has been strained, with employers complaining that they have not received their claims and the department accusing them of failing to submit the proper paperwork. About half the workers who filled in the form claimed their employers had tried to access UIF relief on their behalf, but 95.7% of 645 workers said they had not received payouts.
The reason for the others are foreigners finish and klaar 😭😭😭😭
endlockdown NOW
But millions more are being paid directly by their employers
These figures might indicate that most families employing domestic workers continued paying their salaries despite lockdown.
Totally outrageous as they play a vital background role in supporting SAs economy
The other 650k-plus are probably still being paid by their employers. I am still paying both our workers.
I continue to pay mine
A good chunk were paid in full by their employers who did not claim ters.
Substitute teachers, waiters,most part time workers.
They should just stop washing dishes
But how many employers are still paying full salaries from their own pockets? 🤚
It could be that most domestics ate not registered by their employers. Sad really.
15888. Haybo khona into ewrong lana
A lot of employers are still paying their domestic workers wages.
We decided to pay our domestic worker as she is not responsible for her situation and we just cannot allow her to go without an income!
Clearly nobody gives a damn to report even focus on that.WHY? majority of those women are Afrikhan.But some 'liberal hippy' keeps saying it's not about race. TheHypocrisy
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