Sectoral Determination 7: Domestic Worker Sector, South Africa
Part D : Hours of Work
15. Meal Intervals

 

 

1)        An employer must give a domestic worker who works continuously for more than five hours a meal interval of at least one continuous hour.

2)        During a meal interval, a domestic worker may be required or permitted to perform only duties that cannot be left unattended and cannot be performed by another domestic worker

3)        A domestic worker must be paid –

a)        for a meal interval in which the domestic worker is required to be available for work;

b)        for any portion of a meal interval that is in excess of 75 minutes, unless the domestic worker lives at the workplace.

4)        For the purpose of sub-clause (1), work is continuous unless it is interrupted by a meal interval in accordance with this clause.

5)        An agreement in writing may –

a)        reduce the meal interval to not less than 30 minutes;

b)        dispense with a meal interval for a domestic worker who works fewer than six hours on a day.

6)        Whenever an employer is required to give a domestic worker a second meal interval because of overtime worked, that interval may be reduced to not less than 15 minutes.