An Indonesian woman who worked as a caregiver in Taipei for around a year allegedly committed suicide early on Sunday, jumping off the balcony of her employer’s home on the tenth floor.
A security guard at the residential block at Section 6 in Neihu district’s Minquan East Road heard a bang at about 4am on February 26 and found the woman’s body out near the entrance, The Liberty Times reported.
The maid, 36, who had served the family for one year, was a domestic caregiver who had signed up for three years to look after her employer’s elderly mother. Previously, the employer became aware that her worker missed home a lot.
Her employer did not object to ending the caregiver’s term sooner, but allegedly told the maid she had to talk to the employment agency in regard to contract matters.
According to preliminary police inquiries, the maid was very likely to have jumped from the building due to homesickness, although a suicide note was not recovered.
This is a serious matter
Im glad that i survived this kind of situation.????
tsssskkkk..????????????
Thats,why every foreign w0rker should have their atleast twice a,month 0ff s0 that they can unwind f0r a m0ment t0 f0rget and relax theirselves fr0m h0mesickness,,
S0metimes s0me of the empl0yers they d0nt knew what we felts ,they d0nt cares u they just think that i paying u so u must w0rk f0r us,,thats,the way they think..they d0nt knew h0w to c0nsidered us as,a human,,that we need 0ff t00,,we need t0 see the beauty 0f the c0untry of our destinati0n..s0,we cant miss much 0ur h0met0wn,,feeling sad,,im glad that in my six,years,in taiwan,,i have meet a very g00d b0ss,,
It’s cause from too much emotional thinking, stress
Every year we have a vacation for just 7dayS.
she have a problems her family thats why she want to go home soon..but the employer cant understand ..she can break the contract u buy ur own ticket ..no need to argue
Thats why every foreign worker should have at least twice a month off day, so they have time to unwind or relax so they forget the homesickness.
Most foreign workers having a hard time dealing with homesickness and sad to say majority of employer and brokers don’t even care on what we feel. They just want to prison us in our working environment like a slave. They always think that we are begging for thier money that’s why they pushes us to work and work and work not knowing that we are also human being that needs to relax, and unwid for a while to gain strength and enthusiasm to be productive again. That is I can’t accept in ruling of Taiwan when it comes to home bases worker! Sooo unfiar!
in our contact we have weekly dayoff’ but mostly employers don’t follow the rules’ there are some maids has no dayoff and some only once a month’ I’m lucky to have a good boss ‘ they give me dayoff every week’ and I’m happy working with them because they are very nice to me’ I’m already 6 years and I never felt homesick because I talk to my family often through Skype ‘ and I also meet my fellow countrymen men every Sunday ‘
If you are planning to work outside your country meaning you also know all the difficulties as well as all the circumstances….
The authorities should provide day off at least once a week for every foreign worker. As simple as that. Rohdelb.com
Domestic helper really need day off once a week to realease their stress
It is the time that implement the labor standard law to caretaker, caregiverand household job.to be fair to the factory worker.
Missing home is not totally a big reason to commit suicide, maybe she is abused and maltreated by the. Employers,,,
So sad ..RIP our co caregiver????
Homesickness really attacks and u feel like going home but we ourselves must have the strenght to overcome it..
On my first time ,,probably my first month that did happen to me longing home and family ..only prayers texts and phone calls (no FB yet) got me survived for 13 years …here ..just think of our families who need our support and sooner we can get over it????
Im lucky too,,because my boss is easy to talk if i wanted to have a day off,,,they also respect me and treated me like a family member thanks god.
I smell some foul play here
It means the employer never make her feel like a family or home, so she feel sad and desperate. People she need love, care and humanity.
Praying for the family who had to receive this devastating news.