Short answer. Not the two-year cap the Labor Code prints. That article was repealed by Republic Act No. 10361 (2013), the Batas Kasambahay, which now governs domestic employment and requires a written contract on the terms that Act lays down rather than the old ceiling.
What the law says
The original contract of domestic service shall not last for more than two (2) years but it may be renewed for such periods as may be agreed upon by the parties.
Labor Code, Article 142 — Contract Of Domestic Service. Read the full provision →
The two-year ceiling is gone
Article 142 of the Labor Code provided that The original contract of domestic service shall not last for more than two (2) years but it may be renewed for such periods as may be agreed upon by the parties. That article was expressly repealed by Republic Act No. 10361 (2013), the Batas Kasambahay, whose repealing clause struck out the entire Labor Code chapter on the employment of househelpers. The text is on this site for reference only. Anyone still writing a domestic employment contract to a two-year ceiling, or telling a kasambahay her engagement must restart every two years, is working from a repealed provision.
What the current Act requires instead
Republic Act No. 10361 approaches the problem from the opposite direction. Rather than capping the term, it requires that the employment be reduced to a written contract and sets out what that contract must contain and how the arrangement is registered, alongside the wage, benefits and working conditions the Act guarantees. Read the contract requirements from the Act itself. The practical shift is that the protection now comes from what must be written down and observed throughout the engagement, not from forcing the engagement to end and be renewed on a fixed cycle.
Why the old cap should not be reinstated by agreement
Households sometimes keep the two-year pattern out of habit, or use it deliberately so that service never accumulates. That second use is the one to watch. A term written into a contract does not by itself decide what a worker is owed, and repeatedly ending and restarting the same continuous engagement to avoid obligations is not something the law rewards. Length of service under Republic Act No. 10361 follows the real, continuous employment, so an artificial break on paper is unlikely to produce the effect the household intends.
If you are drawing up or reviewing one
Work from the contract requirements in Republic Act No. 10361 and its implementing rules, and make sure both sides hold a signed copy, along with the registration papers. Record the start date, the wage and how it is paid, the rest days and leave, the benefits, and the accommodation where the arrangement is live-in. Where a term is agreed, state it clearly and state what happens at its end. This page is general legal information about which law now governs the contract, not advice on a particular agreement, and it cannot vouch for any document.