Labor Code · Working Conditions for Special Groups · Chapter III – Employment of Househelpers
Coverage
Formerly Article 141 before the 2015 renumbering — court decisions before 2015 cite it this way.
This Chapter shall apply to all persons rendering services in households for compensation.
"Domestic or household service" shall mean service in the employer’s home which is usually necessary or desirable for the maintenance and enjoyment thereof and includes ministering to the personal comfort and convenience of the members of the employer’s household, including services of family drivers.
As amended by P.D. No. 570-A (1974), Amending Certain Sections of P.D. No. 442. The Domestic Workers Act (2013) applies to all domestic workers employed and working within the country. The law defines “domestic work” as work performed in or for a household or households; while “domestic worker” or “Kasambahay” is “any person engaged in domestic work within an employment relationship such as, but not limited to, the following: general househelp, nursemaid or “yaya”, cook, gardener, or laundry person, but shall exclude any person who performs domestic work only occasionally or sporadically and not on an occupational basis. The term shall not include children who are under foster family arrangement, and are provided access to education and given an allowance incidental to education, i.e. “baon”, transportation, school projects and school activities. xxx”
Text and numbering follow the Department of Labor and Employment's 2022 edition of Presidential Decree No. 442, as amended and renumbered under DOLE Department Advisory No. 01, series of 2015. Former article numbers are shown in brackets. Notes are DOLE's editorial notes. Amendments after that edition are not included. For information and research only, and not legal advice. For certified copies, refer to the Official Gazette or the issuing agency.