Working from home as a homeworker

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Have you ever thought about working from home as a homeworker?

A homeworker is essentially an employee who is paid to work out of their own home for an employer. Homeworkers do many different kinds of work like online research, telephone soliciting, manufacturing, word processing etc.

Please note that independent contractors are not homeworkers. You are only technically a homeworker if you are an actual company employee.

Homeworkers are also not the same as domestic workers. While a homeworker is paid to work out of their own home a domestic worker works in a private home directly for the person who owns or rents the home.

The role of a domestic worker includes such jobs as housekeeping and cooking. They may also provide care, supervision or personal assistance to children or people who are elderly, ill, or disabled.

If you are a homeworker you are eligible for certain things under the Employment Standards Act. These things include...

*personal emergency leave

*declared emergency leave

*equal pay for equal work

*family medical leave

*minimum wage

*overtime pay

*pregnancy and parental leave

*public holidays

*regular payment of wages

As a homeworker you would get hours of work protection. This means the maximum hours of work would be enforced along with daily and weekly/biweekly rest periods.

Your wages would be paid for a recurring pay period on a recurring pay day, and you would receive written wage statements with each pay.

Other homeworker entitlements include...

*severance pay

*termination notice and pay

*vacation with pay

*written job details.

Please stay tuned to future home business posts for more homeworker information.