The employment relationship in the domestic workspace in South Africa: Beyond the apartheid legacy

Social Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 395-409

  Du Preez, Jeffrey ^a   Beswick, Claire ^a   Whittaker, Louise ^a   Dickinson, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Domestic employment; Domestic workers; Employment relationship; Legislation; South africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954769652     PISSN: 02533952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02533952.2010.483826     Document Type: Article

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