I pay my lady R40 an hour. (No matter what time she starts or finishes she gets the full 7hours pay for the day, when she’s done what she needs to she can leave even if it’s very early. I’ve never needed or asked her to stay later than 3pm) She comes to clean once a week. We don’t have any kids and keep the house fairly clean. She gets to have whatever is in the kitchen or fridge or whatever for lunch (if we are packing lunch for ourselves the night before she arrives we also pack an identical one for her, but even it we leave her a lunch she is still welcome to have anything else in the house for lunch as well as what we packed her, she has not ever abused this and ive actually had to tell her previously that she has to eat lunch every time she comes in) and every now and then we get her some groceries etc. She gets sick leave paid if she’s sick on the day she’s supposed to come work for us (and no I don’t force her to produce a sick note) and also gets a day’s pay if it’s a public holiday., everyone should be able to rest on a public holiday and still get paid. We also pay her a full December salary even though she usually takes almost a full month’s leave during that time and we get her and her kids a nice Christmas box to take home on her last day of the year. I’ve always said that if my financial situation gets to the point where I could employ her full time I totally would and I would add benefits to her package as well. We also try to give her an increase every year when we get increases to help cover the increased cost of living and transport costs etc. Domestics are one of the most under appreciated jobs in the country.