A Taiwanese woman has accused her county government of leaving her and her paraplegic husband in the lurch by taking away their foreign caregiver, who had accused the woman of abuse.
However, the Changhua County Department of Labor Affairs said it had acted properly, as the Filipino caregiver had been hired to look after the paraplegic only, but then was also made to care for the female employer, who suffers from post-polio muscle atrophy.
The 42-year-old Filipino began working for the couple last September, but soon complained to the county authorities that she could not cope with the repeated commands issued by the female employer, which were causing her huge work stress.
The maid left the couple’s employ in November at the county government’s behest. But the female employer complained to Changhua County Councillor Tsao Chia-hao that she had been “falsely” accused of abuse by her Filipino employee, who in fact was only suffering from homesickness, China Times reported.
The woman’s husband, now 62, was paralyzed in a work accident six years ago. She decided to hire a foreign caregiver for him as she herself had started to have difficulties due to muscle weakness arising from post-polio atrophy.
After taking the job, the Filipino caregiver kept complaining of headaches and feeling sick, and was seen crying in the middle of the night, suggesting she could be homesick, according to the employer.
However, after the abuse complaint, the maid was taken away on November 28 by the government for protection. The woman said she was left in desperate straits as there is a gap pending for approval for a new caregiver, and during that period she could not manage to care for her husband.
But the Labor Affairs Department said the maid was not taken away by force, but under an agreement signed by the employer during mediation meetings held to settle the matter.
The department added that the woman had been entitled to hire a new maid as early as December 16.
Correct! The description of the job is just a description but in actual you may take care a whole family which is not stated in the description of the job! Some family especially if they have worker ., They already depend to the worker all the work chores in the is worker already did! Which is wrong!
sometimes employer will give a to much work to the caretaker that is not related on the contract… sometimes there inconsiderate.
who do they think will trust that story of caregiver at fault? i saw slavery for the only time in my life and it was here in Taiwan. People really disrespectful to employees who just ask for normal treatment : decent salary, decent room to live in, right to keep the passport and phone, descent food, maybe eating with the family, and at least to have regular days off, once or twice a week like every worker here. they can even accept to change the days to help the family. Is it asking so much for people who leave their families, kids, husband to try to bring back money home so all the others can live? seeing taiwanese so nice and acting so bad with care taker is heart breaking.
Hahhaha dapat kc mabait kayo mga laopan para di kayo layasan ng mga katulong ok lang madaming trabaho bsta di bungangerang amo
Honey Mhine
Kaya dapat sundin nila ung contract na pinitmahan natin sa pinas,it turns out kxe na fake un pinapa pirmahan nila stin..dummy lang nila yong WARD sa contract pag dating dito all around ka..maigi pa sa Singapore at hongkong mahirap man ang trabaho weekly nman ang off mo..
True 1yr nko dto ayaw bigyan ng day off.. Lalo nat hrap prin mkipagcomunicate sa knila dhil di rin mrunong mg English.. Di mu maipaliwanag sa Kanila ang karapatan mu.. Nkkainsulto PA cla mgkwento sa mga kmag anak nla na di raw nkkaintindi ng Chinese ung caretaker nla!PLASTIC ugali nla akala nla porket di mkpagsalita Chinese.. Di rin naiintindihan chinichismis nla.. Kya imbis na mgkaroon ka ng puso sa inaalagaan mu NKKAWALANG GANA NRIN ????
Tutuo yan…ako din akala ko may amah akong aalagan but then all around andaming gawain,walang pahinga connecting ang trabaho…tapos marami pang bahay ang lilinisan…
So true. But we are here for the money. Disregards all heavy works. after all after 2 years we can choose another employer if we want to.
tingin nila sa mga filipina careraker WONDERWOMAN!…lahat pinapagawa lahit wla nsa contrata…kaya ayan iwanan sila…hanap sila ng DARNA!bato ang nilulunok at wlang tulugan….
tama lng na iwan ang mga amo na abusado…wla na nga klayaan ..tapos abusuhin pa sa trabaho….kawawa tlaga
Gaya q,1year aq sa mga amo q at 7 cla sa bahay..matanda nkalagay n alagaan q peru sa bata me nkatu2k at sa bahay na 6 palapag,dko nranasan mg off kht pnta lng ng smbhn sb q,maliit pa mga bata at apat anak nla taz isa matanda..uwi pa mga amo around 12 taz buhatin mga dala nla gamit taz bago mg 6 ng umaga gising..dko knaya kya ngpalipat me ng iba employer..tnx god ok na me kc c tanda lng tlga priority q,subrang mapang abuso ibang mga amo,sulitin tlga ang oras at halus wla pahinga
Correct… in that is really happening to me.. i dont really took care of amah, but instead i do all tHe duties of being MAIDS not as a CARETAKER..????????…
Correct.. may times pa nga.. alam mo matanda aalagaan mo. but sadly 4 childrens, a big house, a vegetable farm, and without dayoff. Although, they showered you with food and things etc. You still just human na need mag rest… Abusive but you can’t complaint kc baka maiba ang pakitungo sayo.. ????????????
Very true.
We filipino caretaker are hardworking but if you abuse us feel sorry for you dear employer we need to fight our right.
Dear employer you wash your hand to taiwan labor because you already know you are ban or not allowed to get new worker.
Most employers here in Taiwan are abusive,if they kno that their helper can not fight they will abuse her.especially for those who can’t speak and understand Chinese they made them like a fool.I hope the Taiwan government make a new laws for all caretakers for their rights and for the safety of caretakers.and about the contract that signed by both parties should be follow.but most Taiwanese employers didn’t follow it.so why they made a contract if they didn’t follow what stated on the said contract.caretakers job is to take care elderly or disabled patient.but it will become a housemaid job.all around work.all family members will took care by the caretaker.sometimes no day off.this system must be change and the government authorities of Taiwan should be aware for all foreign workers in Taiwan especially the caretakers.
Caretaker’s belong inhouse are really suffered this kind of treatment some employers although at first they will act as if they follow what is on the contract but later on become more abusive specially if they know that the worker doesn’t fight for her own right. They keep on demanding a lot of things which is not included on the contract. Filipinos, because afraid of being rejected and repatriated, we just do whatever our employer request us to do. Even if its not scope of our job.we seldom complaint not unless employers become more aggressive on asking request/commands/favors, more bragging, nagging, shouting and sometimes hurt us in times of work. We Filipino do our job well without hesitation. We stick to the rule, on our job order its the employer sometimes dont understand the nature of our work, they believe that we are just here for money. But we work here with heart. We are also human, so they should treat us the way we took care for their family. They should also consider our feelings. They should treat us as part of family because caretakers are nit Maids.
I think the helper doesnt leave you if u are good to her..remember that its not easy to take care of ill or bedridden person specially at the night…
Caretaker would not complain if you are not keep on nagging or bagging her. I think the employer was washing her own hands just to let the labor in favor of her and the caretaker will be the one to blame. In reality some of the employer are truly abusive we are not just taking care of the elders but the whole family even though it is clearly stated in the contract that the patient would be prioritize but instead we prioritized on taking care of the house…
Ngek,demanding na employer
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