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    Should maids be given a day off every week?

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    • bigsnoopyB Offline
      bigsnoopy
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      Yes well said 1amber "hugs". Dont sign on the dotted line and later regret and give employers all sorts of problem.

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        1amber
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        bigsnoopy:
        Yes well said 1amber \"hugs\". Dont sign on the dotted line and later regret and give employers all sorts of problem.

        :celebrate:

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          riash
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          my maid has been with me for 2 years, she’s wonderful and reliable, mature. Now she doesn’t want to renew her contract with me as she wants every sunday off - because she has a new boyfriend who is working here and she wants to go see him every sunday! there, thats what they need the sunday off for! so what is her solution ? go to expat employer cos they surely will give her 4 sundays off and somemore will encourage her to see that guy and also allow her to bring the guy to the house.

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            verykiasu2010
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            the maids in my neighbourhood (landed estate) always congregate in the morning when the employers are out at work


            they create such a din in their loud jesting and squeal and commotion - so bad that a few neighbours had to resort to calling police to come disperse the maids’ daily gathering. these mad maids have too much freedom, they are a nuisance to the neighbourhood

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              moonee
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              Most maids i know dont want weekly day off, they are comfortable as it is. My aunts filipina who is quite sociable and has been here for 3 yrs now stated that should she be forced to take weekly off days, shes gonna go part time. She mentioned her friends are not surppotive of this so called law should it be implemented… she has a official once a month off day but my aunt allow her time off should she need to remit money back or meet up with her relative for a few hours.

              Im not gonna follow this law if it is implemented besides Ive already asked my maid and shes happy with hercurrent contract.

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              • bigsnoopyB Offline
                bigsnoopy
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                1amber:
                bigsnoopy:

                Yes well said 1amber \"hugs\". Dont sign on the dotted line and later regret and give employers all sorts of problem.


                :celebrate:

                :hi5:

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                  bigsnoopy
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                  verykiasu2010:
                  the maids in my neighbourhood (landed estate) always congregate in the morning when the employers are out at work


                  they create such a din in their loud jesting and squeal and commotion - so bad that a few neighbours had to resort to calling police to come disperse the maids' daily gathering. these mad maids have too much freedom, they are a nuisance to the neighbourhood
                  I was at a condo popular to expa n saw the maids leaving young children to run n crawl in the club room n they themselves gather together to chit chat.

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                    comet7
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                    I’ve also seen a group of 5 maids in a shopping centre’s toilet, changing into sexy clothes, short shorts, doing heavy make-up, transforming into sexy babes. No prizes for guessing correctly why they are doing that. I doubt their own employer can recognize them if they met them.


                    My colleague’s maid of 8 years returned home from her off days later and later and each time with a different outfit when she came back. My colleague was suspicious enough to check her drawer. She was shocked to find Geylang hotel card keys.

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                      3Boys
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                      bigsnoopy:
                      1amber:

                      [quote=\"bigsnoopy\"]Yes well said 1amber \"hugs\". Dont sign on the dotted line and later regret and give employers all sorts of problem.


                      :celebrate:

                      :hi5:[/quote] :roll:

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                        3Boys
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                        1amber:

                        Fundamental right - makes me sick to hear this again.
                        And why? So if other foreign workers like construction workers get designated time off, why should it be different for domestic workers? So yes, present law does does dictate such terms in the contract, but that's exactly what we are trying to change, yes?

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