Colombia has similar insurance and liquidacion laws, so you may simply be lucky in that your Colombians don't have DR papers and isn't willing to rock the boat.
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Dominican Diputados: Maids can't be forced to wear uniforms in public
Colombia has similar insurance and liquidacion laws, so you may simply be lucky in that your Colombians don't have DR papers and isn't willing to rock the boat.
Absolutely. My MIL was a cook for a rich family in Jarabacoa (Mirabal - uncle of Hermanas Mirabals) My wife was the companion of one of the granddaughters , and was kind of like a person maid and chaparone at the same time. As a reward for 25 years of service my MIL was deeded a property in a good location in Jarabacoa. She gave this to my wife to build her first school. They also paid for my wife to attend private school.
Uniforms are pretty common in Santiago, as well.
I know a few nannies whose kids attend very nice private schools because their bosses pay for it as part of the "package."
I've always said I can tell the type of person by how they treat their domestic help here. It really is ass backwards to treat your domestic help poorly - they carry ALL of the secrets of the family whether you think so or not, they are who your kids trust, etc...
As far as this uniform law - it's ironic that the pro-domestic-help movement was started by a wealthy woman whose perspective is that the uniform is embarassing - that part of the law didn't come from the actual workers. And we're stuck on uniforms, but the new law gives domestic workers more rights (health insurance! paid maternity leave!) that they weren't necessarily assured of without this law.
I know a few nannies whose kids attend very nice private schools because their bosses pay for it as part of the "package."
I've always said I can tell the type of person by how they treat their domestic help here. It really is ass backwards to treat your domestic help poorly - they carry ALL of the secrets of the family whether you think so or not, they are who your kids trust, etc...
As far as this uniform law - it's ironic that the pro-domestic-help movement was started by a wealthy woman whose perspective is that the uniform is embarassing - that part of the law didn't come from the actual workers. And we're stuck on uniforms, but the new law gives domestic workers more rights (health insurance! paid maternity leave!) that they weren't necessarily assured of without this law.
Just imagine for minute... if your job gave you clothes when you came to work.
Another freebie....
Get fat? Need a refit ? No problem....
Would you have more or less money at the end of the year?
I see nothing wrong with it.
Another freebie....
Get fat? Need a refit ? No problem....
Would you have more or less money at the end of the year?
I see nothing wrong with it.
and what do the workers think about the uniforms? you can read the answer in an article in hoy:
http://hoy.com.do/vea-el-emotivo-me...dan-a-los-duenos-de-las-casas-donde-trabajan/
http://hoy.com.do/vea-el-emotivo-me...dan-a-los-duenos-de-las-casas-donde-trabajan/
When I lived in SD, seeing the nannies at the Blue Mall food court was a bit of a culture shock and I didn't like it. We don't have that as a rule in Canada and I interpreted it (the majority of the time) as a status symbol. Some of my students viewed their nannies as disposable and replaceable, while the others adored theirs and would do anything for them. Wealth wasn't the determining factor, it was class and tact.
Are there larger fish to fry? Absolutely. Should they have the choice whether to wear the uniform or not? Absolutely.
Are there larger fish to fry? Absolutely. Should they have the choice whether to wear the uniform or not? Absolutely.
I thought the law to say --
outside the workplace - was where the uniform was optional for the employee
They surely cannot rule inside a house
outside the workplace - was where the uniform was optional for the employee
They surely cannot rule inside a house