Perception of effective Protection for South African Domestic WorkersThompson MathabathaTshepo ThebyaneKenosi MotlantheKurhula Nkuna

Ethical clearance number: (CO/2016/3/032)

• OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND TO STUDY

• PROBLEM STATEMENT RESEARCH QUESTIONRESEARCH OBJECTIVE

• LITERATURE REVIEW

• RESEARCH METHODOLOGYRESEARCH DESIGNPOPULATION AND SAMPLING

• DATA COLLECTIONDATA ANALYSISVALIDITY AND RELIABILITYETHICAL CONCERNS

• RESULTS AND FINDINGS

• CONCLUSION RECOMMENDATIONS

MAIN AREAS TO BE COVERED

OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND TO STUDY

• Societal perceptions regarding domestic work.

• Despite being confronted by such negative perceptions, participants.

• In terms of Convention no.189, article 1 of the ILO a domestic work is defined

Problem Statement

• What are the effects of Sectoral Determination 7 for the domestic workers and household employers?• What are the levels of

compliance and awareness between domestic workers and household employers?• What is the theoretical

importance on the findings of the study?

• Inequalities that still exist in the relationship between employer and employee in the domestic worker sector • Employment relationships

were not regulated by labour legislation in this sector• Exploitation :low wages or

unregulated working hours.

Research Questions

RESEARCH OBJECTIVE

• Investigate the introduction, content and implications of Sectoral Determination 7: Domestic Worker Sector.

• Explore the concepts of awareness and compliance within the scope of the study.

• Determine how levels of awareness and compliance by both employers of domestic workers and domestic workers can be assessed.

RESEARCH METHODOLGY

Research design

Research philosophy/paradigm:

• Interpretivism

Type of study:

• Exploratory

Research approach:

• Qualitative approach

Data collection method:

• Semi-structured interviews and questionnaires

Population and sampling design:

• Domestic workers and domestic employers

• Jugdemental

Literature review…S 23 of the Constitution

Everyone has the right to fair labour dealings

• Exploitation

• Obligation

Sectoral Determination 7Hours

<45 hours a week

9 hours/day >5 days per week

8 hours/day = 5 days per week

Overtime

Agreed upon; not >15 hours

Wages

Min wage set at hourly not monthly wage

• According to Harding “A research is considered to be accurate when different researchers who conducted same study using similar techniques should obtain more or less the same results.”

• Marais study comprehensively support the content of our study

• For instance, her research techniques in carrying out her study have matched our techniques in terms of : qualitative approach, an in-depth semi-structured interviews, she also utilised 20 participants.

• However, we have discovered new developments in terms of the conditions of employment.

Empirical evidence

Relationship between the employer and employee

• This relationship is governed by the Basic condition of employment and regulated by the sectoral determination.

• if an employee feels cared for and loved in her work place, they tend to supply high quality of care and labour.

• However, it hard for domestic workers who view themselves as part of the family and cared for to exercise their rights.

• The researcher has a responsibility in ensuring that all the participants are protected and their rights were respected at all times.

• Consent to participate in the study was obtained from all the participants who were equally informed of their rights in the course of their participation.

• The identity of participants was not disclosed in our study

ETHICAL CONCERNS

Results and important findings

• There seems to be a large number of employers who have registered their domestic workers for UIF benefits in our study

• Thus, Employers who have not registered their employees in our study provided reasons.

Yes No0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

UIF Registration

Employer

• All the employers meet the requirement set by the constitution to prohibit child labour

• 13 of 20 participants don’t have matric, while 5 participants have matric, and the remaining 2 have obtained a diploma qualification.

THE FOLLOWING THEMES OCCURRED FROM THE DATA ANALYSIS, SPECIFICALLY;

• Conditions of employment.

• Wages

• Employment Relationship between employers and domestic workers.

Conditions of employment

• Many participants alluded to the fact that their hours of work were inconsistent with the stipulated statutory requirement as provided by the BCEA.

• Job description of domestic workers is usually vague.

Employment Relationship between employers and domestic workers

• Many participants in this study upheld that in certain times communication wasn’t there, particularly from the employers

Data Collection Method• The semi-structured interview

procedure covers three sections, introduction, body and conclusion.

• First section: Establish connection and gain demographic data

• Second Section: Obtain profound explanations of the participants’ experiences

• Third section: Additional information they might be willing to point out or mention prior to the end of the interview session

• Sample of the study which comprised of domestic workers staying and working in Johannesburg. The sample included 20 domestic workers.

• Data collection took us a two months (from August to September) to carry out.

• Drawbacks, domestic workers thought we were putting their jobs in danger= we asked the employer to clarify our purpose of the study.

DATA ANALYSIS

• Data analysis involves the analysis and interpretation of data.

• Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data for this research.

• Thematic coding was used to interpret the lived realities of domestic workers

• True value refers to the credibility of qualitative data

• Validity in this context, is associated with a kind of truth that is pluralistic in nature

• Research is reliable if another researcher performs the similar research actions with the same kind of set is to be expected to reproduce the results.

VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY

Conclusion• The objective of our

research was to explore the paternalistic relationship

• The study emphasises the problem statement

• Outcomes have specified that domestic workers are not aware of the SD 7

• We conclude this study by suggesting that further awareness must be raised

• Inspectors from the department of labour must be appointed in numbers

• Easy access to facilities were persons of interest can report any inconsistencies.

Recommendation

Thank you… Any Questions?