Domestic-worker employment in Zambia: a worker and employer checklist
Clarify duties, pay records, leave and pension registration in a household employment relationship.
Household employment should be assessed as a working relationship, not left to assumptions about informal help. Duties, hours, pay, benefits and registration need clear records. Applicable minimum conditions may change; this guide does not publish a current wage rate or replace the relevant employment order.
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What this guide covers
- Clarify the actual arrangement
- Put agreed terms in writing
- Check the current minimum conditions
- Keep pay and working-time records
- Confirm NAPSA registration and contributions
- Raise problems with a clear record
- Handle the end of employment separately
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How we prepare and review content →Official and institutional sources
- Employment Code Act, 2019 — National Assembly ↗
Publisher record of the 2019 Act. Check amendments, commencement and the provisions applicable to the employment relationship.
- Workplace dispute resolution — Ministry of Labour and Social Security ↗
Official service guidance. It refers to older legislation; use it to identify the mediation service, not to establish the current legal test.
- Domestic-worker questions — NAPSA ↗
Official guidance on registration, checking contributions and reporting unremitted domestic-worker contributions. Confirm the current requirements for the individual relationship.
- Parliamentary record: domestic-worker employment order — National Assembly ↗
June 2024 parliamentary record identifies SI No. 49 of 2023. This is context, not the operative Order or confirmation of today’s wage rates; obtain the applicable current instrument from the Ministry.