The COVID-19 pandemic and the implementation of the National Lockdown on 26 March 2020 have had an enormous impact on employers and employees alike. This has of course included domestic workers, the majority of whom live from paycheque to paycheque and simply cannot afford to go unpaid.

Many employers are unsure whether their domestic workers are allowed to work during the Lockdown, whether they are required to pay their domestic workers if they don’t work and what the occupational health and safety requirements are for domestic workers who return to work. We address these and other queries below.