A Filipino domestic worker was forced to sleep on a bed over two washing machines in a laundry room in Po Tak Mansion in Happy Valley in Hong Kong Island, according to a Facebook post.
The domestic worker said in the post that her bed was as long as a refrigerator and on top of two washing machines. She said she endured poor air quality in the laundry room when the machines were working.
The maid said her employers required her to return home at 7:30pm on days off to take care of their children. She also had to look after the children on holidays when her employers were out in the evening.
Worse, she said she was always emotionally abused by her employer.
“When I teach my employer’s 7-year-old child to behave and tidy up, he used the ‘F’ word and called me stupid-silly-worst helper,” she said in her post. Not surprisingly, she said she had left this employer.
Under regulations in Hong Kong, employers are required to provide a six-feet-long bed for domestic workers. However, the rules do not list more detailed requirements in regard to accommodation for workers.
Domestic workers are entitled to a 24-hour day off every week but some employers fail to meet the requirements.
The Mission For Migrant Workers (MGMW), a non-government group that services foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong, has urged the city government to take action to ensure that foreign domestic workers are given proper accommodation – including a room and access to a toilet.
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Walang bago same here ang tulugan q sa sahig with manipis na mattress sa baba lang ng kama ng anak ni amo.. kaya pag baba nya from bed always jump over me..minsan nasisisipa nya aq or naapakan nasa uluhan q sa kanan ung extension wire sa kaliwa naman ung pinto pag sinara sabay boom! Bingi si aq hayyy.. mahirap pero tinitiis q hanggat kaya… sana ipatupad talaga yang maayos na tulugan para sa mga domestic workers.. gudluck!
The philippine government should take action againts hongkong national who always abuse domestic helpers,We filipinos have dignity and deserve respect ✌????
Peter Roberts and you didn’t know how to read and understands what the article is really about !????????poor mind tsk..tsk…
More regulations are good but civic education is really needed. You cannot regulate empathy and compassion. You would not let your own boss treat you this way, why would you treat an employee like that?
one thing I just tell is they must treat as a human not a slave they even don’t respect us when have no privacy at all the door is just a piece of curtain and when it’s time for us to sleep they don’t care when they make sarcastic voices and then we’re disturb of it but when they’re sleep your try to test to make noise they will say slowly we’re the justice of it
Hndi nman laht.minsan may mga abusado ring ofw lalo n pag alm n mabait ang amo.
It just lucky that i left from my prev. Employer in tung Chung. male boss was good, he is american. But the wife mother (not western) who is not in the contract always make trouble. She claim a professor.. but life style and attitude like ppl no education at all. dancing every morning from park to park, using public toilet everyday to save cost. Very limit food, and the worse is asking me to stand for view hours just waiting her to do dance or exercise in outdoor. everyday. Not even allow to sit. With the baby. No matter very hot or very heavy rain and windy. Very crazy old lady from village maybe, come to hk putting her self like a queen. She only Exit for a while and comeeback again .
Thank God that i free from them. Even they didnt pay all what they should pay to me. But i am happy now that i get more than very nice one.
Sa totoo lang, ayaw ko rin ng stay out, kc d mo rin masosolo yung bed may kashare ka rin,no privacy, maingay yung ibang boarders, magtitiyaga nlang ako sa sofabed ko
For me,If the employer breaking the contract law of domestic helper,Should be punished by the Govt of Hongkong.No need to employed a helper.
Alot of helper afraid to complained about their Employers,Its because once they complained,Automatically Employer will terminate the contract.Mostly Employer acting like this.
Jonathan Crompton read by messages you will get the answer
It’s hard to fight for rights in hk especially for maids because they will not gnna have much time after being terminate or leave the job to find new job it’s costly …only will become mystery that someone speaks out now suddenly gone