Talking Donkey
Alfrescian (S)
Lately there has been news of maid giving their employer headache n some employer giving their maid headache as well.
i use to have two maids before n luckily for me they did not give me any problem because i've always treat her well
but the costs of maintaining a maid here take its toll on me..good maids are those that show responsiblity,open minded,creative,
self control,playing a part in family bonding n character building..i treat my maids like my own sister
calling them kak kak or jie jie..
nowadays it is quite shocking to employ a maid in spore with so many guidelines set by MOM.
you have to even buy insurance cover for your maid from
1.getting pregnant
2.unexplained disappearance
3.getting married to a local/pr/bangla
4.etc..
seriously when you has a maid like that it may spell trouble.
There are several simple reasons why many Singaporean
employers are reluctant to give their maids a day off.
You see, if the maid runs away, the government will fine
the employer $5,000. If the maid commits a crime such as
shoplifting, the government will fine the employer $5,000.
If the maid is caught having sex with someone, the
government will fine the employer $5,000. If the maid gets
pregnant, the government will also fine the employer $5,000.
If you didn't know any of the above, then either you do
not employ a maid, or you didn't read the small print of
the Manpower Ministry's work permit conditions.
Many employers are afraid that if their maid has a day off
and gets into trouble, the employer will not only have to
solve the trouble, but also have to fork out $5,000 as a
free gift to the government.
Intuitively, this smacks of gros! s unfairness. The employer
gets punished not for something he did, but for something
that somebody else (the maid) did. Furthermore, once the
maid leaves the employer's residence, the employer has
no way of monitoring where the maid goes and what she does there.
We may draw a curious parallel with Mas Selamat's
escape, and PM Lee's determined, if muddled, defence of
Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng in Parliament.
Mas Selamat ran away. But PM Lee said that Wong Kan Seng
was not at fault and should not be punished in any way. The
reason being that Wong Kan Seng personally did not do
anything which allowed Mas Selamat to escape.
Strangely, if your maid runs away, it IS your fault and you
SHOULD be punished. Even if you did not personally do
anything to let her run away (apart from giving her a day off).
Similarly, if your maid becomes preg! nant, it IS your fault
and you SHOULD be punished. Even! if you did not personally
do anything to make her pregnant.
i use to have two maids before n luckily for me they did not give me any problem because i've always treat her well
but the costs of maintaining a maid here take its toll on me..good maids are those that show responsiblity,open minded,creative,
self control,playing a part in family bonding n character building..i treat my maids like my own sister
calling them kak kak or jie jie..
nowadays it is quite shocking to employ a maid in spore with so many guidelines set by MOM.
you have to even buy insurance cover for your maid from
1.getting pregnant
2.unexplained disappearance
3.getting married to a local/pr/bangla
4.etc..
seriously when you has a maid like that it may spell trouble.
There are several simple reasons why many Singaporean
employers are reluctant to give their maids a day off.
You see, if the maid runs away, the government will fine
the employer $5,000. If the maid commits a crime such as
shoplifting, the government will fine the employer $5,000.
If the maid is caught having sex with someone, the
government will fine the employer $5,000. If the maid gets
pregnant, the government will also fine the employer $5,000.
If you didn't know any of the above, then either you do
not employ a maid, or you didn't read the small print of
the Manpower Ministry's work permit conditions.
Many employers are afraid that if their maid has a day off
and gets into trouble, the employer will not only have to
solve the trouble, but also have to fork out $5,000 as a
free gift to the government.
Intuitively, this smacks of gros! s unfairness. The employer
gets punished not for something he did, but for something
that somebody else (the maid) did. Furthermore, once the
maid leaves the employer's residence, the employer has
no way of monitoring where the maid goes and what she does there.
We may draw a curious parallel with Mas Selamat's
escape, and PM Lee's determined, if muddled, defence of
Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng in Parliament.
Mas Selamat ran away. But PM Lee said that Wong Kan Seng
was not at fault and should not be punished in any way. The
reason being that Wong Kan Seng personally did not do
anything which allowed Mas Selamat to escape.
Strangely, if your maid runs away, it IS your fault and you
SHOULD be punished. Even if you did not personally do
anything to let her run away (apart from giving her a day off).
Similarly, if your maid becomes preg! nant, it IS your fault
and you SHOULD be punished. Even! if you did not personally
do anything to make her pregnant.
