Only 14% of domestic workers have a contract

“We don’t necessarily want [que nuestros empleadores] they see us as family, we want them to see us as workers, because we are not providing a free service, but a paid one,” he points out. Jessica Palomino (35), a domestic worker for more than 10 years and a member of the Union of Paid and Unpaid Home Workers of Metropolitan Lima (SINTRRHAR).

Jessica says that she came to Lima from Cusco with the idea of ​​studying and working, and she thought that by doing this activity she could have a roof and food, which would allow her to save. When she started, she earned S / 720 a month, she did not have defined hours, and the treatment, in the different places where she worked, was not always adequate, but she felt that she could not say anything for fear of being fired.

Only this 2023 will he have an employment contract, which he has requested from his new employers and they have accepted. “They also work and provide services,” Jessica comments as one of the reasons why she believes that she did not receive a refusal, as is often the case.

In Peru, only 14% of domestic workers have a contract, according to the Ministry of the Interior. As of March 20 of this year, there are 8,802 contracts registered on the platform of the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion (MTPE), while it is known that there are more than 400,000 people who carry out this activity, 96% of whom are women.

missing inspection

Today that the Day of the Workers and Workers and the Home is commemorated as every March 30, Leddy Mozombitegeneral secretary of the National Federation of Domestic Workers of Peru (Fenttrahop), recalls that it is a non-working and paid holiday for the people who carry out this activity.

The leader points out that although the Law 31047 It has been in force since 2020, and has its regulations, the inspection protocol of the National Superintendence of Labor Inspection (Sunafil) is deficient.

“This protocol does not meet our expectations. The employer’s address is still a private address, so the inspector can’t enter it,” notes Mozombite.

The lack of inspection and dissemination of labor rights by the authorities means that the workers have to settle for what they are offered.

Patricia Rivas (46), from Arequipa, has been a domestic worker for more than 20 years and is a member of the National Federation of Paid Domestic Workers of Peru (Fentrahogarp), and although she knows her rights, she has accepted the idea that she will not be able to have a contract in the future.

“They don’t want to make a contract because they would have to give me a bonus and all that, and it doesn’t suit them. ‘If you want, keep working and if not, just there,’ they tell you, ”she says.

Patricia is married and together with her husband contributes to support their family and their two children who are still students. Also, she needs the fixed income to pay for the apartment they rent.

Another member of Fentrahogarp, whom we will call cindy (27), he does have a contract since 2018, in his free time he studies Graphic Design and is satisfied with his current job, but it was not always like that.

He remembers that once they deducted S/400 for breaking a small piece of a lamp, by chance, when at that time his salary was S/800. Cindy points out that she knows of cases of women who worked for more than 30 years and were laid off in the pandemic without any compensation or compensation for her time of service. “Since they are older adults, they don’t find work so easy. Who claims for them? ”, He ends.

Only one in 100 is affiliated with the ONP

Only 4,682 domestic workers are affiliated with the ONP until October 2022. The figure reveals that only one in every 100 workers will have a pensionat least in the state system, according to the National Federation of Paid Domestic Workers of Peru (Fentrahogarp).

“What will become of the lives of our companions when they reach their third age. The Law 31047 it was promulgated to comply with it, but unfortunately many employers do not abide by the norm and domestic employees do not assert our rights,” he said. Adelinda Diaza spokeswoman for Fentrahogarp.

Of the total number of workers nationwide, only 40,000 are registered in Essalud.

Data

Document. The contract applies to all types of work and must be written, in accordance with the law.

Benefits. The workers must have access to a remuneration not less than the minimum wage (S/1,025), bonuses and CTS. Paid rest of 30 days a year.

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Leddy Mozombite, General Secretary of Fenttrahop

“Until now, Sunafil has not been able to get the employment agencies to put in a visible partas the law says, the rights of domestic workers, nor that they stop collecting a percentage of the salary “.