All About Full-Time Maids
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POA Teacher:
Ok, that explains it fully.
Er... not sure of the full details leh... but here's what she told me. Only met her once:2ppaamm:
[quote=\"POA Teacher\"]This is ridiculous!
The employer was prosecuted?
Did the employer get a cut of her part-time pay?
If the employer didn't allow the FDW to moonlight, how can MOM prosecute the employer. That would amount to persecution instead of prosecution.
In all fairness the ones who should be in trouble should be the FDW and the part-time employer as they were the ones who broke the law.
Apparently the employer knew about it because the part-time was for her family members. I am not sure how they found out, but when it was, the employer was liable. HOME is not the employer's house, it is the humanitarian organization. She told me she was the witness, and not liable, and I assumed it is the truth. Perhaps someone else with more information can confirm. Even after 2 years it looked like they were in good terms because her employer would bring her things when she was at HOME. I only know that employers are fully liable for their FDW, no matter what they do, so it is not a good idea to encourage them to get part-time employment because it is illegal. Her employment pass says the employer's home address, and that's the only place she can work.
Employer got in trouble because she/ he asked the FDW to work at her/ his relative's home. That's not really a case of maid moonlighting.[/quote]A maid working for a relative for remuneration is not considered moonlighting? Hm...anyway, really none of my biz, take good care and I believe I have she'd enough light. :siam: -
CJS:
I was so pissed off with the ex-employer who resorted to maid snatching. The ex-employer finally said she understood the situation and would not take my maid away from me. I can't believe the actions of some unethical employers.
Sometime last year my maid's friend came to visit me and said she would like to work for me to look after my father when my father's maid's contract was up. The problem was she had already worked with her first employer for 8 years looking after Ah Gong and Ah Gong was still alive. So I asked her why she wanted to \"jump ship\" especially when she has worked there so long and she was given maximum amount of freedom? She gets off every Sunday and only goes home at 11 pm and she is also free to go out during public holidays. She said her main complain was the pay, that during all these years of being a good maid, cooking, cleaning and looking after Ah Gong and not getting into any major trouble, she thought she is not adequately paid. She does not get pay increment or yearly bonus. So she wanted to go for interviews to see who would offer her higher pay and she will jump ship.
While I quite like her and thought her quite pleasant, I am very concern about \"snatching\" a good maid from her current employer who had relied on her for 8 years looking after Ah Gong. While she would seem to be the most ideal candidate to look after my father, what is Ah Gong (and Ah Ma her employer) going to do if she were to really quit to come work for me? So because of this, I told her while I will think about it, there is no promise since the timing may not be right. (BTW, my father passed away not long after that).
Likewise for my current maid who looked after my two boys since they were babies. I would be very pissed if somebody want to poach her away as it is really very tempting to employers as good maids are hard to come by.
We should not poach each other's maids and thereby creating trouble for our fellow citizen or spoiling the market!
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By the way, what would be the employer’s liability if a maid were to get pregnant? I thought we just need to buy a ticket and send her home immediately if she were to be found pregnant. Anything else other than that? Will the bank guarantee be forfeited?
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DesertWind:
By the way, what would be the employer's liability if a maid were to get pregnant? I thought we just need to buy a ticket and send her home immediately if she were to be found pregnant. Anything else other than that? Will the bank guarantee be forfeited?
No just send her home, unless you don't know and she gives birth... :faint: otherwise send her back on Your Costs you are liable to deport her. -
2ppaamm:
OK, thanks 2ppaamm,DesertWind:
By the way, what would be the employer's liability if a maid were to get pregnant? I thought we just need to buy a ticket and send her home immediately if she were to be found pregnant. Anything else other than that? Will the bank guarantee be forfeited?
No just send her home, unless you don't know and she gives birth... :faint: otherwise send her back on Your Costs you are liable to deport her.
Just found out not long ago my maid had a boyfriend but she has broken up with him. Don't think it would be the last though so the 6-monthly check-up will be very important to me to see whether she has gotten herself into serious trouble.
Sigh....good maids can also go astray.... -
How much incremental do you give to your maid after each 2-yr contract?
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POA Teacher:
How much incremental do you give to your maid after each 2-yr contract?
I wanna know too! -
Notksmum:
I think it depends on several factors:POA Teacher:
How much incremental do you give to your maid after each 2-yr contract?
I wanna know too!
- how they have performed
- whether they try to negotiate
- how their salary is compared to the market rate
We gave our maid an increase from $400 - $450 in November last year as well as going from 1 day off to 4 days off. She was happy with that but I suspect she is going to ask for more soon as it is below market rate for her level of experience. -
Notksmum:
SGD50 after every year.POA Teacher:
How much incremental do you give to your maid after each 2-yr contract?
I wanna know too! -
I like to ask a few questions here.
1) Can a maid with WP register her marriage with a supposedly high position foreign talent working in SG? Apparently, there is a copy of dependant pass letter from her boyfriend or supposedly ‘registered or married’ husband?
2) Can she be transferred off her employer account with this dependant pass letter to be with her supposedly ‘registered or married’ husband without leaving SG?
Thanks.
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