Indonesian maid salary to be increased to $450???

[Busymom]

3Boys:

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??

er... more mothers would leave the workforce to become SAHMs?

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).

[Augmum]

tamarind:

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.

true.......most of the maids
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

[LOLMum]

what i want is not to have to pay the maid’s loan and then deduct it from her salary for 11 months.

[peapot]

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.

[janet88]

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.

[znzyzyzx]

janet_lee88:

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.

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 ?

[peapot]

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.

[verykiasu2010]

peapot:

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.

50% singaporean left does not mean less number of singaporeans. it is still more than 3 million, any time more than before

and that 36% being foreigners are mostly blue collar workers under work permit as well as 196k of FDW.

[ululu]

Just curious, what is the starting pay for new maid now from philippine, myamma or Indian? Has it also gone up significally?


I totally agree wz converting levy to maid’s salary. I rather pay my maid higher salary than paying the levy.

[janet88]

ululu:

Just curious, what is the starting pay for new maid now from philippine, myamma or Indian? Has it also gone up significally?


I totally agree wz converting levy to maid's salary. I rather pay my maid higher salary than paying the levy.

That I totally agree. Since I have to pay levy, might as well pay the maid instead of govt. What's the point of paying govt for not doing anything ?
Hopefully can transfer the levy amt to maid and hope they give more quality.