(1) If a person
employs another person as a domestic helper, the employer shall
also comply with the following terms and conditions, in relation to
the domestic helper:
(a) To determine the wages monthly or annually basis
and pay the wages,
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(b) To provide meals three times viz. in the morning,
afternoon and evening, and clothes suitable to the
weather, according to the capacity of the
employer,
(c) To provide facilities for using appropriate
housing, toilet and bathroom facilities according
to the capacity of the employer,
(d) In the case of a domestic helper below eighteen
years of age, to make provision for his or her
study at an appropriate time having regard to
household work if he or she so wishes,
(e) To arrange for his or her treatment if the domestic
helper falls sick,
Provided that the expenses incurred in his
or her treatment may not be deducted from his or
her monthly or yearly wages.
(f) Not to employ him or her in work while he or she
is sick, and, in other situations, not to employ him
or her in such a work that he or she may not be
able to do due to the age, ability or condition of
him or her,
(g) If he or she dies, to bear the expenses incurred in
the performance of his or her funeral and
obsequies rites in a normal way,
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(h) Not to commit any inhumane or degrading
treatment or domestic violence,
(i) To comply with the other terms and conditions
agreed upon between the employer and the
domestic helper.
(2) The expenses incurred under clauses (b), (c) and (d) of
sub-section (1) may not be deducted from the monthly or yearly
wages of the domestic helper.
(3) If a person employs another person as a domestic
helper, that person shall give written information thereof to the
concerned ward committee of the concerned Local Level within one
month after the date of such an employment.