Hong Kong employers have been advised to remain patient if they find that their maids’ work habits are unhygienic, as most such cases can be resolved through discussion, and punishment is unnecessary.
An unnamed employer recently said in a post on social media that she got upset after she saw her son’s cup being use by her domestic worker to soak her dentures one evening, according to an article published on Wednesday on SkyPost, which mainly serves middle-class readers.
The employer said her maid, who had worked for the family for many years, had suggested buying the cup for the young master during a family trip. She said she was stunned later to see the maid’s dentures in the cup, which was used by her son to drink milk in the morning.
Another employer said on the website that her maid used the same towel to clean dishes, tables and the floor. Another said her domestic helper once used a brush meant for cleaning pots to clean the toilet.
Joan Tsui Hiu-tung, convener of the Support Group for HK Employers with FDHs, told SkyPost that employers should consider punishing their maids for causing potential hygienic problems in the home, for example by making deductions from their salaries.
However, Wendy Lau Lai-sze, founder and chief executive of Success Employment Services Ltd, said employers should remain patient and help their maids change their working procedures.
Lau said employers should buy towels and tools in different colors so that domestic workers could distinguish their purposes more easily. She said punishment was unlikely to help resolve problems of this kind.
It goes with the saying , Don’t do unto others what you do not want others do unto you.
Kaya nga tau may training DBA para matoto muna tau bago tau ihatid sa mga Amo natin. But still some of us can hardly to catch up what they can instruct to them kahit ulit ulitin pa yan. Dahil Minsan kc ang ating pag iisip at ang ating puso ay wala sa trabaho kundi nasa pamilya, at jan tau minsan napapahamak, kaya minsan tau din mismo ang gumagawa ng Mali sa mga trabaho natin. Ang isang natotonan KO sa Amo KO noon ay kung trabaho ang pinunta mo dapat we’re always in our presence of mine. Kahit gaano kabigat man ang dinadala natin we’re always be humble to ourselves to do the right things kung sa oras ng trabaho natin. Dahil may oras ang lahat, if we know to manage ours time. Kahit gaano kalupit ang Amo we still treat them as our family kc nasa kanila na tau, they are our source of income without them d tau nakatuntong dto sa Abroad…. Kaya wag na taung mag awayan be nice to each others at magtulongan tau para malinis ang pangalan ng bansa natin. Don’t blame others dahil pare pareho taung dayuhan dto para magtrabaho. God bless us all….. Peace mga kapatid. Nasa Dios pa rin ang awa at palagi taung panalangin sa kanya.
Deductions are useless, giving deductions but keeping the nasty person affects health, even if you punish them you still affected by the germs they spread just replace them patience have no place in a healthy environment they will be affected by low salary they need to send back home and you suffer nasty germsy environment find one who is clean im sure the nasty one will find another job in the environment she is accostomed
terminating a helper is not a right solution.why not teaching them?
employers in the first place must write all the do’s and dont’s to the helper before starting to work in their house specially if the helper is a first timer in working as a house maid to avoid misunderstanding. in terms of good cleaning materials must be noted for what and where to use for the quick knowledge for the helper.
Everything has a reason!????????????
if you like your cleaning done a certain way maybe you should clean yourselves instead of trying to find reason to punish underpayed overworked people.. they are there to do the things you don’t want to do, look after kids that you had when they all have families at home themselves. if your ‘helper’ did this to you it means you have been treating them wrong. think first
Oh come on! Unbelievable! I strongly protest this are not true. Pag sinabing pilipina yan lalo lang di kapanipaniwala
Even u treat them right sometimes they forgot if it’s the right cloth or there’s no common sense????
Grabe k nman terminate agad pano kya kung jamba ikaw un ano pkiramdam mo..dpat try to talk first n give a chance.
Basahin nyo ksi ang comment ng ibang lahi…do you think they’re not doing it? Hinahaloan nga nila ng ihe ang gtaas ng alaga nila. Pati napkin nila hinahalo sa soup ng amo nila.
Jamilah Jane Apepe Devera i think this employer is exaggerated. I dont think so that a helper will use a toilet scrub to clean that kitchen pot. We all know that a helper went through trainings and need to pass this trainings before allowed to go out the country.
Employers should impose proper instructions so helpers will follow it,punishing is not the solution. Punishing maid will lead to revenge.
Meriel Geri Aldine or maybe you don’t have enough towels????
Just kidding madam.