Section 161 — Domestic servants.
This version in force from 1996-08-22
Snapshot: 2026-08-24
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(1) A person does not have any right to a redundancy payment in respect of employment as a domestic servant in a private household where the employer is the parent (or step-parent), grandparent, child (or step-child), grandchild or brother or sister (or half-brother or half-sister) of the employee.
(2) Subject to that, the provisions of this Part apply to an employee who is employed as a domestic servant in a private household as if—
(a) the household were a business, and
(b) the maintenance of the household were the carrying on of that business by the employer.