Families and pensioners with a domestic worker must obtain an updated assessment of the occupational risks faced by workers in their homes before Friday or risk fines. It can reach 800,000 euros. that it … A new demand that comes at the lowest level of membership for these workers in 15 years since they joined the public system. Today there are 341,428 people working, 72,000 fewer than in 2019, when Pedro Sánchez’s government began increasing the minimum wage among specialties (SMI), which has already accumulated 60% increases.
The decree containing the new prevention obligations was approved more than a year ago, but… Demands It wasn’t required until a free platform launched by the National Institute for Safety and Health at Work, which has been available to employers since last May, went live. During these months, they were able to conduct a risk assessment of the workers, more than 90% of whom were women, and create a prevention plan using the tool. www.prevencion10.es. If this assessment reveals risks, preventive measures must be taken to eliminate or reduce them, the measures must be documented in writing and dated, and a copy given to the worker, as required by law.
Security affiliation
Social services for domestic workers
Annual averages/number of people
341,428
Average until October
fountain: Ministry of Social Security /ABC
Belonging to Social Security
Of domestic workers
Annual averages/number of people
staff in
The house is integrated into
Public order
Average until October
341,428
fountain: Ministry of Social Security /ABC
Roadmap
So the countdown to the order of actions is about to end. The first step of the roadmap that households and businesses with a worker at home have not yet implemented is to conduct an initial risk assessment: Home features (e.g. stairs, chemical cleaning products, pets, electrical installations, etc.) and tasks (cleaning, ironing, cooking, elderly care, etc.). If something significant changes in the working conditions (new tasks, home renovations, etc.) the assessment should be updated.
Immediately thereafter, those who appoint an employee at home must implement preventive measures if the assessment they carry out reveals any risky situation, provide appropriate work and protective equipment, in addition to educating and training the worker about the risks and preventive measures in their work. Families must, finally, Monitor the health of your workers. Therefore, they have the right to undergo periodic medical examinations Voluntary and freeAt least every three years. These examinations will be integrated into the national health system and strive to timely detect any health problems resulting from work, such as muscle injuries, allergies to products, etc. In this case, the employer only has to provide the employee with access to these examinations, allowing her to attend a medical appointment, for example, because they are part of her occupational health monitoring.
Bear expenses
The risks faced by those who do not have prevention measures are fines ranging from 45 euros in milder cases to more than 800 thousand euros in serious cases. In addition to the obligation to bear costs Any accident They also face additional responsibilities, such as charging additional fees for their employee benefits.
The law promoted by Labor Secretary Yolanda Díaz also included online training on the risks associated with household chores. This will be done only once, even if the service is provided in several homes and it will be done within the home Work schedule If possible, outside the working day, he will be compensated with an equivalent rest time, in accordance with the reform undertaken by the government.
All these demands come at a very sensitive moment for the group, and although they do not generate economic costs, they constitute a new bureaucratic burden that is difficult to absorb in some cases. Hiring a domestic worker has become a luxury for many families, especially retirees. the Consecutive increases smi, These contributions have reached 60% since Pedro Sanchez took power, and the increase in contributions is choking the pockets of many families.
Contributions and unemployment
Hiring a full-time domestic worker today has an unaffordable cost for many families. It must be taken into account that the monthly salary – the SMI is 1,184 euros – must be added to the amount that will be disbursed to Social Security once the contract is registered by the employing family. Type of joint emergency contribution Basis of contribution To apply in each case, 28.30%. This amount, in turn, is divided into 23.60% paid by the employer and 4.70% paid by the domestic worker herself and deducted from salaries. As is generally the case, the Mechanism of Equity (MEI) for pension coverage is also paid by the employer and employee, and from 2022, domestic workers are subject to a new regulatory framework that includes, among major novelties, the obligation to contribute to unemployment and VOGASSA.
Risks of working in B
The direct result of all these economic burdens is that many families and pensioners, above all, have chosen to modify the contract and reduce the employee’s working hours in order to avoid and pay a raise, and in the worst case, They had to shoot They face a spiral of costs that they cannot or do not want to pay all at once. In other cases, the worker began receiving his wages at B. For all these reasons, the Spanish Association of Professional and Domestic Services has been calling on the government for years to support families so that they can employ with bonuses and tax breaks.
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