Domestic Servitude

Domestic servitude has occurred when a person is being held in a house or other domestic environment and is forced to work unusual or excessive hours. 

• Does the person rarely leave the house?

• Is the person always accompanied by their employer or partner?

• Is the person made to work unusual and/or excessive hours in a domestic environment?

• Are the person’s physical needs not being met? For example, poor diet, inadequate health care or make-shift sleeping arrangements.

Watch Sandra’s story here.

Read more about a Melbourne couple who kept a grandmother as slave for eight years.