Caregivers (RA 11965; DO 254, s. 2025)

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1. Under RA 11965, what is the minimum age of a caregiver within its definition?
2. Does RA 11965 cover only caregivers placed by a private employment agency?
3. Under DO 254-25, how are ordinary working hours and work beyond them treated?
4. A qualified caregiver is directly employed in a private home in the Philippines. The employer says the Caregivers’ Welf…
5. An employer proposes to pay a covered caregiver solely through grocery vouchers. The caregiver’s cash wages are otherwi…
6. A covered live-in caregiver works ten ordinary daytime hours on the employer’s instructions. The employer claims that f…
7. A caregiver already enjoys a higher agreed salary and better benefits than the new statutory minima. The employer annou…
8. Describe RA 11965 and DO 254-25’s domestic coverage, including work setting and recruitment route.
9. State the principal working-time and wage protections for covered caregivers under the Act and DO 254-25.
10. A caregiver with at least one year of service asks about service incentive leave, thirteenth-month pay, and social insu…
11. Under RA 11965, when must the caregiver and employer execute the employment contract?
12. Does Section 5 require that the caregiver receive a copy of the duly signed and notarized employment contract?