Maid to get weekly rest days
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Yep, if I have a maid who’s worked for me for at least 5 years without breaching her contract, I’ll gladly accept HK’s policies, which don’t mention any bond, maid’s levies, upfront loans to be paid by employers, or maids’ breaching of contracts and repatriation costs. The HK policies reinforces the need for both maids and employers to stay commited to a contractual relationship, hence the long service bonus and other perks. Many of the maids do not find the need to stay committed to any employer because they don’t get penalised for breaching the contract. Why do we even need a contract when it does not protect the employers at all? Which of our own employers will, after terminating our service, provide us with food and lodging allowances, help us find and pay for a transfer to another clueless employer or pay for our transportation home? Shouldn’t the maid’s levies be changed to some kind of deposit which accumulates according to the length of the maid’s employment and be used to offset costs that have to be borne after termination of service?
The main reason for the Govt being only strict with maids regarding pregnancy is that Singapore does not desire that kind of foreign talent to boost its flagging population. Period.
I don’t have a big issue with the weekly day off, even though I know it’ll be hell for my family with young kids. I’m just irked that I am made to be responsible even if my helper does something silly outside. The Govt must take radical steps to make helpers responsible for their own actions and protect employers a lot more. So so frustrating. And what irony that we have so many reports about maids with lovers with fatal endings. -
Just a thot... (you can call me bad) :evil:
I do hope more social problems occur, such tt MOM have to retrack back or tackle this new set of problems started by them.
I can imagine next year town areas will have loads of FDWs, much more than now since FDWs' offs are staggered thru the months.
End of this year probably maid's salary will go up since people will rush to sign new contracts? -
Power Puff:
TOTALLY AGREE!!!Yep, if I have a maid who's worked for me for at least 5 years without breaching her contract, I'll gladly accept HK's policies, which don't mention any bond, maid's levies, upfront loans to be paid by employers, or maids' breaching of contracts and repatriation costs. The HK policies reinforces the need for both maids and employers to stay commited to a contractual relationship, hence the long service bonus and other perks. Many of the maids do not find the need to stay committed to any employer because they don't get penalised for breaching the contract. Why do we even need a contract when it does not protect the employers at all? Which of our own employers will, after terminating our service, provide us with food and lodging allowances, help us find and pay for a transfer to another clueless employer or pay for our transportation home? Shouldn't the maid's levies be changed to some kind of deposit which accumulates according to the length of the maid's employment and be used to offset costs that have to be borne after termination of service?
The main reason for the Govt being only strict with maids regarding pregnancy is that Singapore does not desire that kind of foreign talent to boost its flagging population. Period.
I don't have a big issue with the weekly day off, even though I know it'll be hell for my family with young kids. I'm just irked that I am made to be responsible even if my helper does something silly outside. The Govt must take radical steps to make helpers responsible for their own actions and protect employers a lot more. So so frustrating. And what irony that we have so many reports about maids with lovers with fatal endings. -
Has anyone read the little section about 'Help for families who can't afford weekly rest day'? that caregivers can be hired to stand in for maids on their day off?
1) I trust the Centre for Enabled Living (CEL) will be extremely prepared to receive an avalance of requests for help from families with elderly or disabled members all over Singapore.
2) The cost for private home-care services is $20 per hour for a minimum of 4 hours.
Do your math. Compare with the amount needed to compensate the maid vs getting a stand in caregiver standing in for your maid on her day off :rotflmao:
Also, full-time maids on their off days will become other employers' part-time or stand in maids, at about $10 per hour, minimum of 4 hours (that's the amrket rate, isn't it?) So fun, for all these helpers, playing musical chairs on their off days.
Singapore is getting more and more exciting. P1 registration system revamp, Weekly Day off for Maids and sensational crimes of passion. What next? Let's wait and see. -
Funx3:
Ha ha ....HAPPYH:
[quote=\"MMM\"]Just wonder if the economic situation is so bad that the govt wants the 200-300K? maids in Singapore to go out once a week to \"boost the economy\". With that, they will probably need a pay increment soon. Also... what about the transport system? Just imagine, 200k - 300K maids ? will be flooding out transport system on weekends.
Good point. Never think about that....
Ladies, U Forgot - Gahment is Pouring in Millions of$$$$ to inject More Buses on the Road
Maybe the Projected Increase in Passenger Number is factored in when the budget is prepared .... :evil: :evil:[/quote]
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verykiasu2010:
:goodpost:1. scrap the FDW levy of S$170/$265, since it is not the government's idea of making money from families who need maids. walk the talk please.
2. scrap the mandatory medical screening every six months, since it is stated that if the maid is pregnant the bond will not be forfeited; and the medical screening serves no purpose as even new maids arrival have diseases undetected.
3. scrap the insurance policy, since the maid can job hop, and not fair for employer to start new policy with every maid change, or change the policy to follow employer to cover any maid under under the employment of the family. In any company's group medical policy, they don't start a new policy every time some one resigns right ?
4. please make it compulsory for the maid to get out of the house during off day, preferable leave the house the night before the off day and only report back for duty on the morning of the first working day of the week. Every one loves a long week end, and this one will sure score more points with the ILO and the NGO who champion the rights of the maids! Don't just do it, do it better than expected, please! Just like we employees don't loiter in the office when we are off work, especially week ends.
5. make it illegal for the employer to pay the placement fees on behalf of the maid. She wants to work, she pays. That way employers will not be short changed when the maid leaves before end of contract
6. make the maid responsible for their own air ticket cost. there is no free lunch
7. make it illegal to transfer maid from one employer to another. if she is not happy and want to switch employer, she must return to her home country and re-apply. that way you will have more serious minded maid instead of maid who comes for holiday and take employers for a ride while the maid agencies make a milking churning maids headcount
8. make it mandatory jail sentence for maid agencies who provide falsified biodata of maids, who over declare on age, under declare on job experience, since it is the agencies' business to recruit maid for a profit - they should do the due diligence -
michyms:
Oh my maternity! Then she has her baby with her, and as the employer I also have to provide food/expensive milk powder for the baby??
No, maids in Hongkong have to go back to their home country to have their baby. But for the whole period that she's pregnant you cannot dismiss her so she can continue to stay in your home, have morning sickness, not perform certain tasks etc due to her pregnancy. -
when government wants to give $120 , talk until like the amount so big, 大过牛车轮。But when it takes our money (levey), $175 only what, small amount only what.
Lilac66:
Yes scrap the levy! remove the security bond!minami:
[quote=\"happy to be mum\"]yes...seriously! They should scrap the crapy levy! come of think of it, want to take levy yet want women to continue working, want families to give procreate more, yet don't want to give more help. want teach less in school then parents have to outsource. on the pretext to help you manage your CPF monies when age 65. Our country gahment really runS our country like a companies and not from their hearts.
scrap the levy!
Yes, since they have been talking abt this rest day thingy being debated for 10 years.. how about the levy. We have been asking for it to be scrapped for years, but it just fell on deaf years.
Did they give a reason or rather excuse for the levy to stay?
Looks like we have to negotiate with our vote in 2016. :roll:[/quote] -
MrsSeah:
Dear Mrs Seah,
I also don't agreed in point 4. If let maid out whole nite, isn't it going to create more problem for Singapore?
That's sarcasm stabbing at the ridiculously lopsided policy.
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verykiasu2010:
agree :celebrate:I am NOT against policy of maids having official off day
I am against the burdens being lope-sidedly staked against families and maid employers without protection
It has always being one-sided FOR the maid and against the employers. Please be fair, Minister of Maid.
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