Indonesian maid salary to be increased to $450???
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tamarind:
Budget speech lor. DPM Teo already set the expectation by stating that we should not expect too much recently in the papers.
What is going on this Friday ?Brenda10:
Hopefully this Firday we heard some good news. -
ChiefKiasu:
Actually, I think this is a good idea. If the maids are paid higher here, more maids would want to come to work here (as opposed to HK or Taiwan), then surely, with more competition, the quality gets better, right?If the government really wants to manage dependency on maids, why impose a levy? The levy is paid to the government, but is seen by employers as a cost to having maids. Would the government not achieve the same principle of managing maid dependency simply by imposing a minimum wage for FDWs? That way, the money goes direct to the maids, maids are happier, willing to work harder, employers less stressed, and everyone live happily ever after.
As someone said earlier, when the maid is good, existing/potential employers are keen to pay more anyway. -
markfch:
Budget speech lor. DPM Teo already set the expectation by stating that we should not expect too much recently in the papers.[/quote]OIC. I don't have high hopes. There are too many men in the government, they do not understand why maids are a necessity to many families. Just like some insensitive men in this thread. Most men cannot understand the difficulties that mommies are going through.
What is going on this Friday ?tamarind:
[quote=\"Brenda10\"]
Hopefully this Firday we heard some good news. -
3Boys:
er... more mothers would leave the workforce to become SAHMs?I've posted before that it is quite ridiculous for the majority of Singaporean couples to predicate their child-bearing on the easy availability of maids. What happens when the maid supply is slowed or ceased? We become extinct??
Is this acceptable for our government or good for our country?
Then instead of having more FDWs, we will have more foreign workers (including expats to replace the local mothers). -
tamarind:
true.......most of the maids
The levy adds to the cost of employing maids, but that does not mean that every maid deserves an increase in salary if the levy is removed. This is because many maids are basically good for nothing, cannot cook, cannot clean, cannot look after kids. SGD300 is a very high salary for these maids, they earn less than half of that in their own country.
cannot cook....even after intensive training, most of the time force myself eating the food they had cooked.
cannot look after kids....they fall asleep b4 the kids
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what i want is not to have to pay the maid’s loan and then deduct it from her salary for 11 months.
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Actually we get back the levy from tax relief everyyear when we file our income tax, right? I remember I file for maid levy relief $4000 every year because I m the one paying for the levy. I m very sure. My husband cannot claim for this relief because he is not paying for the levy.
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Employers who need maids are really at the mercy of these foreign workers now. Just reading Sunday’s papers made my blood boil. Are these Filipino maids here to enjoy life ? Expat families, No babies/pets, no old people, min $450, Sundays/public holidays off :x :x
Someone in ST forum mentioned these maids earn like $60 back in their home country…then why are they given the luxury to choose employers here ? Prefer expat families bcos Singapore families don’t give them freedom. -
janet_lee88:
Aiyah , if she can get expat to hire her at age 47 , then congrats to her lor. Is just like ourselves, when we looking for jobs , most of us also looking for MNC as MNC is perceived as better employers. So in this case expat is perceived as better employers. Problem is how many expats are there in spore ?Employers who need maids are really at the mercy of these foreign workers now. Just reading Sunday's papers made my blood boil. Are these Filipino maids here to enjoy life ? Expat families, No babies/pets, no old people, min $450, Sundays/public holidays off :x :x
Someone in ST forum mentioned these maids earn like $60 back in their home country...then why are they given the luxury to choose employers here ? Prefer expat families bcos Singapore families don't give them freedom. -
Actually I understand now that 36% of our population are foreigners. So I think the expat group should be more now. Thanks to the government, we may only have 50% Singaporean left soon. Elections better come quick and I hope my estate don’t have a walkover!!! Of course this is speaking for myself only.
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