All About Full-Time Maids

[bicky]

Hi,


Just like to check can maid resign?

My sister has a good maid with her for a year (register under my sister). We can rely on her for babies (1yr old) meals, feeding or sleeping with her. But recently, my brother-in-law is not getting along well with her (scold or scream at the maid).

Now the maid refuse to continue working for him. Can she choose to resign? My brother in law claims that he will sue her if she quit. Can he?

TIA !

[bicky]

LKVM:

bicky:

Hi,


Just like to check can maid resign?

My sister has a good maid with her for a year (register under my sister). We can rely on her for babies (1yr old) meals, feeding or sleeping with her. But recently, my brother-in-law is not getting along well with her (scold or scream at the maid).

Now the maid refuse to continue working for him. Can she choose to resign? My brother in law claims that he will sue her if she quit. Can he?

TIA !

If maid wants to leave we cannot stop them sigh

But I am afraid if the maid will to resign, my brother in law will sue her for non-fulfillment of contract which suppose to end only next year. We plan to re-employ her under my mum's name lor.... :slapshead:

[tigger88]

bicky:

But I am afraid if the maid will to resign, my brother in law will sue her for non-fulfillment of contract which suppose to end only next year. We plan to re-employ her under my mum's name lor.... :slapshead:

I dun think your brother in law can sue the maid for this. Based on the what I see on the contract, either party can terminate the contract by giving x days notice. I think most contracts you signed at the agency has this clause.

[jtoh]

bicky:

LKVM:

[quote=\"bicky\"]Hi,


Just like to check can maid resign?

My sister has a good maid with her for a year (register under my sister). We can rely on her for babies (1yr old) meals, feeding or sleeping with her. But recently, my brother-in-law is not getting along well with her (scold or scream at the maid).

Now the maid refuse to continue working for him. Can she choose to resign? My brother in law claims that he will sue her if she quit. Can he?

TIA !

If maid wants to leave we cannot stop them sigh

But I am afraid if the maid will to resign, my brother in law will sue her for non-fulfillment of contract which suppose to end only next year. We plan to re-employ her under my mum's name lor.... :slapshead:[/quote]It should be stated in the contract that either party can give notice, so there are no grounds for your bil to sue her.

[madinked]

So what’s the contract for, if not to bind each other? Like my maid. The moment she finished her loan, she cockily exclaimed that she wanted to leave. Wah, like that win already. Contract for what?!


Anyway, thanks to all for your advice. Guess we are sending her back to her country. Grant her the wish. But not going to tell her when. Hiak hiak. I only told her before Aug 15.

[peapot]

My indonesian maid also use western union.


Wa! sue maid??!!! First I heard. I don’t think its worth it. If this goes through, the court case won’t be just between your BIL and the maid. It will be between your BIL and the embassy.
It’s quite unusual for man not to get along with maid. I thought it is the womenfolk.

[micollh]

We cant sue maid with that contract cos u surely lose. cos the contract is to "protect" maid not us in the first place… they can go anytime they want, even before finishing loan… but we are stuck with it…


i heard quite a number of cases of maid decided to leave when the man starts to come in the the picture… i think man should just leave it to woman to handle. less problem.( does not mean no problem la)

[micollh]

transferred money for maid jst now using Western Union, they gave me a card which i can reuse for next maid, FOC the card. the charges for 2k and above is $35 . 1k is $12, so i have to transfer twice to save the service charge. Just for ur info.

[hquek]

If maid want to leave, I think we have to let her. What’s the point of suing? she got not much money with her, and keeping her is even worse. There are vindictive types out there - what if she adds things into your food/water, what if she can’t think straight and do stuff that all will regret?


I can only say that the BIL will probably regret screaming at the maid when he gets a really lousy one.

[jtoh]

The contract provides for early termination by both the employer and the maid, so there’s no basis for suing. It’s just like with us and our employer, so long as we give reasonable notice, there’s no grounds for legal recourse.


Anyway, if the bil were to pursue he would be at the losing end because he would have to pay lawyer’s fees. The maid can just run away to HOME and sit pretty. She doesn’t have to fork out a cent.

These days maids aren’t that silly to believe our empty threats.