Domestic work: the official sources worth keeping
The Labour Code, minimum-wage resolution and Constitutional Court decisions: find the right source when organising household employment.
Clear records start with knowing where a rule comes from. Domestic work is addressed in articles 258–265 of the Labour Code. It is not appropriate to transfer every general-regime rule automatically to household employment.
Start with the actual activity
Article 258 describes regular household work that does not generate profit or business for the employer or relatives. It also distinguishes condominium-consortium staff. A job title alone does not settle the employment regime.
Article 263 recognises two paid weeks of holiday on completing each year and the Christmas salary. The wage floor is addressed in a separate resolution, CNS-02-2025.
Check older guidance
Judgment TC/0402/23 declared Resolution 14-2022 unconstitutional. TC/0879/23 did the same for social-security Resolution 551-08. Presenting those rules as current instructions without this context is misleading.
This guide replaces the site’s previous reference to a supposed domestic-work “Law 42-24”, which we could not support with an official source.
Make the source usable
Keep the document, its date and the provision you rely on. Distinguish an obligation from an organisational recommendation. Written duties, schedules and payment records help both sides, but a useful practice should not be described as an invented legal requirement.
