Today, the profession of maid in Brazil is regulated by the Federal Constitution. If you have an employee of this category you need to first register it from the first day.
This is a profession like any other, and has rights and duties laid out in law, which must be fulfilled to the letter. The payment of benefits as a transport voucher is compulsory, as well as 13th salary, maternity leave (and paternity if applicable), paid vacation of 30 days, paid weekly rest, 30 days' notice, stability due to pregnancy And retirement.
Under the law, all professionals (specialized or not) who provide services to an individual or family in the residential environment, on a continuous basis (two or more days per week) are considered as domestic servants. In the category are included, indistinctly, maids, butlers, housekeepers, nannies, drivers, gardeners, security guards and cupbearers, among others.
How do I collect taxes and fees?
As regards the taxes to be collected by the employer, this obligation also applies to the profession of the domestic worker. It is these details that will guarantee the worker benefits before social security, for example, through taxes such as the INSS, the Income Tax and the FGTS.
If you already have a maid working for some time and have not yet regularized your employment situation, you should do so as soon as possible, including retroactively to the beginning of employment. Domestic workers who are not registered or do not have their rights respected in accordance with the law can sue employers in the Labor Court.
The INSS must be equivalent to 20% of the employee's salary; Of the total, 12% are paid by the employer and the other 8% must be deducted from the employee, directly at the time of payment. The transport voucher is not required if the employee resides at the same address where he works.
The amount of the Income Tax that can be deducted from the employee is equivalent to 12% of the total income paid to the employee throughout the year. This includes salaries, the 13th and paid leave, provided that the maximum allowance does not exceed the amount of R $ 810.60.
Finally, the FGTS is optional. If you wish to give this benefit to your employee, you must open an account at Caixa Econômica Federal exclusively for this purpose. After that, deposit 8% of the salary each month. Employees enrolled in the FGTS - and only these - are entitled to the benefit of unemployment insurance.
Finally, the payment of overtime is not required by law in the case of domestic servants.
Pay attention to legislation and avoid future problems in the employer-employee relationship.
(Source: women's tips)
