While many of us are counting down the days to the end of the year – to celebrate Christmas with our loved ones, or to enjoy a well-deserved break that includes a getaway somewhere beautiful, many others, like domestic workers, aren’t that lucky. 

In fact, the end of the year is a trying time for low-income earners in general, and domestic workers in particular. This is partly due to their employers going away on holiday, which means they are not needed for work and many go unpaid, but also because they have all the same pressures and expenses associated with the end of a year and the start of a new year on often meagre pay...