Maid to get weekly rest days
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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. -
1amber:
Minister of Maid?! :rotflmao: What a wonderful sense of humour Singapore parents have!
agree :celebrate:verykiasu2010:
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. -
dokomo:
You mean like when HDB finds it eating into their budget replacing water tanks due to more maids being thrown in by their bf? :evil: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. -
Power Puff:
Agree :celebrate: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. -
peapot:
If not I cannot think of any other reason why the gov't not doing anything.
I think that's because you think gahmen cares about us. That's ideal. Unfortunately they have lost their bearing to govern. -
:shock:
How can heavily pregnant woman work as a maid? It's different from our office work leh. We sit in the office, out only for lunch. For maid they have to help carry heavy grocery bags, scrub toilet, run after children etc. How does Hong kong people cope with that? -
peapot:
:shock:
How can heavily pregnant woman work as a maid? It's different from our office work leh. We sit in the office, out only for lunch. For maid they have to help carry heavy grocery bags, scrub toilet, run after children etc. How does Hong kong people cope with that?
I feel can still work lah. If not SAHM without maid also cannot do housework liao.
Just that when maid is pregnat, they may get tired or maybe got morning sickness etc.. hence work performance may not be as good as before lor.
But hor if my maid is with me for MANY years and she has been a good maid. I wouldn't mind she pregant and stay at my house. I may even look after her for her confinement. But... if new maid.... I will be jumping mad!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rant:
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