Is $450 min salary now for all maids regardless of experienc

[znzyzyzx]

i just got my Philippines maid (no previous exp) about 1 month ago, her salary is 420 without off day. She will get $400 once her loan is fully paid up, and she gets one off day.


My indon maid that is coming this week will be getting $460 with no off day. She is ex-Singapore.

[nms1]

Pink Ribbon:

hi, michyms


just curious, when your maid continue her contract, did you gave her a extra month bonus. My maid actually ask me the question.

I told her when she transfer to me that time, she actually have 7 month unpaid salary that due to agent, but I help her to waive off 1 month so she can get her salary on the six months, and that is why I am not giving her extra. Beside Chinese New year, Malay New Year, her birthday, and her parent pass away, I gave her roughly s$100.00 for every occasion. I think that is quite reasonable for me as a employer.

Beside this, my maid ask me to re-imburse her air-ticket using Garuda Airline Price as a bench mark, but not tiger air or other budget airline !

Do your maid ask for all this ?

I think it's only fair to reimburse them the equivalent of a Garuda ticket - after all sometimes you can buy a Tiger Air ticket for $1!

[znzyzyzx]

I think is better to go to a place that has many maid agencies , like bukit timah shopping centre.

[verykiasu2010]

16 employment agencies fined for fixing maids' salaries


By Amanda Tan

The Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) has fined 16 employment agencies $152,563 for collectively fixing the monthly salaries of new Indonesian maids.

The agencies - which include big players like Nation Employment and Jack Focus - were found to have flouted anti-competition rules by meeting in January to discuss a collective pay increase for new Indonesian maids, from $380 to $450 a month.

The agencies said the pay revision was aimed at easing a supply crunch for Indonesian maids.

CCS said it decided to take action because the collective pay rise would affect many families in Singapore who hire domestic helpers.

http://www.straitstimes.com/print/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_718337.html

[verykiasu2010]

as I said before, maid agencies coming together to fix minimum pay for the maid is just a scam to fleece the maids and the employers


they should have been fined more !

[michyms]

Pink Ribbon:

hi, michyms


just curious, when your maid continue her contract, did you gave her a extra month bonus. My maid actually ask me the question.

I told her when she transfer to me that time, she actually have 7 month unpaid salary that due to agent, but I help her to waive off 1 month so she can get her salary on the six months, and that is why I am not giving her extra. Beside Chinese New year, Malay New Year, her birthday, and her parent pass away, I gave her roughly s$100.00 for every occasion. I think that is quite reasonable for me as a employer.

Beside this, my maid ask me to re-imburse her air-ticket using Garuda Airline Price as a bench mark, but not tiger air or other budget airline !

Do your maid ask for all this ?

Pinkribbon, I give my maid about $200-300 per year as bonus. But I think that your $100 every occasion is very generous. So I think that the extra one month bonus is not compulsory. Typically when maids renew their contracts but do not go home, we should pay them a sum. And this should include airticket and 2 weeks of paid leave. My contract says the sum is $500 which I fairly reasonable... $200 for the paid leave, and $300 for air ticket. How much is the Garuda air ticket?

[peapot]

Actually the bonus can also be 1 month of her salary.

[tamarind]

Employers should note that our government does not fix the salary of maids, and also does not allow maid agencies to band together to fix their salaries.


http://singaporemaid.blogspot.com/

[Pink Ribbon]

Pink Ribbon wrote:

hi, michyms

just curious, when your maid continue her contract, did you gave her a extra month bonus. My maid actually ask me the question.

I told her when she transfer to me that time, she actually have 7 month unpaid salary that due to agent, but I help her to waive off 1 month so she can get her salary on the six months, and that is why I am not giving her extra. Beside Chinese New year, Malay New Year, her birthday, and her parent pass away, I gave her roughly s$100.00 for every occasion. I think that is quite reasonable for me as a employer.

Beside this, my maid ask me to re-imburse her air-ticket using Garuda Airline Price as a bench mark, but not tiger air or other budget airline !

Do your maid ask for all this ?

michyms wrote :
Pinkribbon, I give my maid about $200-300 per year as bonus. But I think that your $100 every occasion is very generous. So I think that the extra one month bonus is not compulsory. Typically when maids renew their contracts but do not go home, we should pay them a sum. And this should include airticket and 2 weeks of paid leave. My contract says the sum is $500 which I fairly reasonable… $200 for the paid leave, and $300 for air ticket. How much is the Garuda air ticket?

hi, michyms

my contract did not state how much is the amount, but they did mention if the maid renew their contracts and do not want to go home, we should pay them a sum which include a airticket and 2 weeks of paid leave.

The price for Garuda air ticket is as follows :

Economy Class - Labour SpecialGACGK110124

Routing\tSIN-CGK-SIN (view details)
Booking Period\t01 Oct 2011 - 30 Nov 2011

[Pink Ribbon]

hi, michyms


my contract did not state how much is the amount, but they did mention if the maid renew their contracts and do not want to go home, we should pay them a sum which include a airticket and 2 weeks of paid leave.

The price for Garuda air ticket is as follows :

1Economy Class - Labour SpecialGACGK110124

Routing\tSIN-CGK-SIN (view details)
Booking Period\t01 Oct 2011 - 30 Nov 2011
Travel Period\t01 Oct 2011 - 30 Nov 2011
Min / Max Stay\t0 night(s) / 1 month
Condition\tView booking conditions
Documentation\tProof of eligibility for Maid Fare required
Schedule\tView flight timings
Adult Fare & Fee\tS$95.00
Est Tax\tS$94.00
Total Amount\tS$189.00