I am a strong believer in treating our domestic workers well, because they are as human as we are, they have feelings and deserve to be cared for and loved. They are someone's daughter, mother, sister, aunt just like us. I admire the fact that my mum has had the same house girl for the past 12years, she has raisd my small sister since she was 1year . She is part of the family.
We also strive to treat our girl well, I thought her pay was reasonable, we cater for her hospital bills,I take care of my family when I get home in the evening and during weekends. I give her off days on Sundays and during all public holidays and of course her annual leave in December. I thought I was a good employer until I heard on news yesterday that the deal gets better for domestic workers as of end of this month. I was so keen to listen and I can summarise it as below:
Why do I say this, for example, our house girl lives with us and enhance we provide all her meals, we provide her with toiletries, we pay for all her hospital bills and purchase all the drugs she may need even for a flu, we give her off on Sundays and leave days.Seven thousand five hundred will put a dent into our pockets for sure.
Anyways, would be nice to hear your thoughts because this touches on most households.
We also strive to treat our girl well, I thought her pay was reasonable, we cater for her hospital bills,I take care of my family when I get home in the evening and during weekends. I give her off days on Sundays and during all public holidays and of course her annual leave in December. I thought I was a good employer until I heard on news yesterday that the deal gets better for domestic workers as of end of this month. I was so keen to listen and I can summarise it as below:
- You are supposed to enter into a job contract with your house help under the new convention sponsored by the International Labour Organisation.
- Minimum wage for a house girl in Nairobi will be Kshs 7,500
- You risk 6months in prison or fine of Kshs 50,000 if you do not comply
- Employers should pay NSSF and NHIF for the domestic workers
- The domestic workers are entitled to 2 days off work during the week and annual leave days
- Etc etc
Why do I say this, for example, our house girl lives with us and enhance we provide all her meals, we provide her with toiletries, we pay for all her hospital bills and purchase all the drugs she may need even for a flu, we give her off on Sundays and leave days.Seven thousand five hundred will put a dent into our pockets for sure.
Anyways, would be nice to hear your thoughts because this touches on most households.
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My understanding is that the NHIF and NSSF comes from the salary am I wrong?
For my house honestly I have one baby and I am home most of the time since my office is in the house...The house is not that big and I help out with meals 7,500 i feel is way too much for what she does here and will definitely create a huge debt in our pockets.
They should have regulated and said for one baby households...x amount minimum wage and so on...
Can people appeal and to whom can we appeal too?Any clue?
However, I have read on someone's page and they say that salary is for the non-resident house girls, am not to sure, maybe we need to research more but where are we to get such information?