By Fritzzie Quaife Workers compensation Up until now domestic workers have been excluded from any sort of workers compensation, because rather bizarrely the contract existing between the employer and the domestic employee was seen to be that of a 'private ' nature and as a consequence someone was not covered under workers comp rights. Fast-forward to 2012 and if the bill is to be passed then ALL workers, would need to be covered by workers compensation, no matter what the circumstances. Right to reporting time paymentIn the past a 'jobbing ' domestic worker might well have showed up to a job at a new location only to be told that he employer had cancelled the job. In the future this new bill will extend reporting time pay rights to domestic workers. Topical amount of sleep Previously many domestic workers have worked far more hours that their pay demands. One of the main reasons for this is that generally they live under the same roof, and are there to serv...