critical aspects in terms of duration and conditions of employment reliance of the sector on foreign labour impact on local workers wages social rights and benefits portability remain largely underresearched while the south african domestic and services allied workers union sadsawu has adopted a national strategy protection remains limited in practice in a sector characterised by high levels of decent work deficits for all workers and in particular immigrant workers the remaining columns represent the differences between the nativeborn and foreignbom sectoral employment shares