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Labour
Relations (Domestic Workers) Employment (Amendment) Regulations,
2007 (No. 17) - SI 46/2007
February 16, 2007
This notice
was published as a supplement to the Zimbabwean Government Gazette
dated 16th February, 2007.
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[CAP.
28:01
Labour
Relations (Domestic Workers) Employment
(Amendment) Regulations, 2007 (No. 17)
IT is hereby
notified that the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social
Welfare, in terms of section 17 of the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01],
has made the following regulations:-
1. These regulations may be cited as the Labour Relations (Domestic
Workers) Employment (Amendment) Regulations, 2007 (No. 17).
2. Section 6 of the Labour Relations (Domestic Workers) Employment
(Amendment) Regulations, 1992, published in Statutory Instrument
377 of 1992 (hereinafter called "the principal regulations")
is repealed and the following substituted-
"Accommodation,
transport, lights and fuel
6. A domestic
worker-
(a) who
does not reside on the premises or his or her employer shall
be entitled to the minimum monthly allowances specified in the
Second Schedule;
(b)
who resides on the premises of his or her employer shall be
entitled to free lodging, free water for basic domestic needs
in or about the area of the premises, free lights and free fuel
for cooking or, if no water, lights or fuel are provided, to
the minimum monthly allowances specified in the Second Schedule
in respect of water, lights and fuel for cooking.".
3. With effect
from the 1st January, 2007, the First Schedule to the principal
regulations is repealed and the following is substituted-
"First
Schedule
Grading and Wages
| |
Minimum
Wage |
Grade
1
Yard/garden worker
|
Monthly
$
12
500,00 |
Weekly
$
2
887,00 |
Daily
$
525,00 |
Hourly
$
58,33 |
Grade
2
Cook/housekeeper (with or without grade 1 duties
|
13
208,00 |
3
050,40 |
555,00 |
62,00 |
Grade
3
Child-minder or disabled/aged minder (with or without grade
1 or 2 duties)
|
13
987,00 |
3
230,00 |
587,33 |
65,30 |
Grade
4
Disabled/aged minder with Red Cross Certificate or similar qualification
(with or without grade 1, 2 or grade 3 duties)
|
14
764,00 |
3
410,00 |
620,00 |
69,00 |
* The hourly
rate applies for each hour worked, and any part of an hour worked
must be remunerated as a complete hour.".
4. With effect
from the 1st January, 2007, the
principal regulations are amended by the repeal of the Second Schedule
and the substitution of-
"Second
Schedule
Monthly Minimum Allowances
| |
$ |
| Accommodation
|
5
000,00 |
| Transport
|
12
000,00 |
| Lights
|
1
200,00 |
| Fuel |
1
800,00 |
| Water |
500,00 |
"
Explanatory
Note
(This note does not form part of the regulations, but is intended
to explain their contents.)
The effect of
these regulations is to increase domestic workers' minimum wages
and allowances with effect from the 1st January, 2007.
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