On July 1st, 2019, the decree which reforms, adds and repeals several provisions of the Federal Labor Law and of the Law on the Social Security Act regarding domestic workers was published.
Among the new obligations for employers in connection with the aforementioned reform are that the employer shall guarantee medical care and burial expenses for domestic workers until the provisions of the Law on the Social Security Act regarding the compulsory regime for domestic work enter in effect. The Federal Labor Law reform also establishes that domestic work must be fixed by a written contract which includes minimum requirements, such as the contract term or duration, working hours, remuneration and a set of additional remunerations for the benefit of domestic workers.
Holiday benefits, payment of days of rest, Christmas bonus, food and any other benefits agreed by the parties are also considered in this reform.
And requesting proof of non-pregnancy for the recruitment of a woman as domestic worker is forbidden, further noting that a pregnant worker may not be dismissed, since in such circumstance the dismissal will be presumed as motivated by discrimination.
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