A post on social media generated heated discussion among Hong Kong employers after a domestic worker kept claiming sick leave while refusing to see a doctor.
The maid’s employer said she had requested two to three days’ sick leaves every month claiming various kinds of ailments, including a headache and a stomach ache, Sky Post reported.
Most of the time the maid called in sick after her Sunday rest day and said she needed to take at least two more days off.
When the employer wanted to take her to see a doctor, she refused, claiming that all she needed was rest in order to recover.
The employer said she was worried about the maid’s sickness, and was puzzled why her employee did not want to go see a doctor.
Another employer said he had faced the same situation but when he told his domestic worker that her sick days would be deducted from her salary or leave, his maid’s health recovered.
According to the Hong Kong Employment Ordinance, an employee is entitled to sickness allowance if the sick leave taken is not less than four consecutive days or is supported by an appropriate medical certificate.
The daily rate of sickness allowance is a sum equivalent to 80% of the average daily wages earned by an employee in the 12-month period preceding the sickness day or the first sickness day.
Joan Tsui Hiu-tung, convener of the Support Group for Hong Kong Employers, advised people to explain the relevant rules on sick leave to their domestic workers on the first day of employment and to show them the information for their reference.
Betty Yung Ma Shan-yee, chairwoman of the Hong Kong Employers of Overseas Domestic Helpers’ Association, advised that to protect both the employee and family members, it is the employer’s responsibility to take the worker to a doctor if he or she is not feeling well.
Yung said employers should also show concern when their workers report illness.
For me better to rest than to see doctor as long as i still can manage myself. Not all the time that we are not feeling well is need to see doctor….real life is just need enough sleep/rest…
Live out????
???????????????????????? whatever…???????????????????????? its a fact!
No need to specify what you think is her reason because we don’t know..it’s just that her demand for sick leave is not reasonable
Kaizen Anansky palagay ko nga ????????????
hihihi….so true always kakambal.ng sunday ang monday lolxxx
I was not paid for my sick leave even when my doctor gave me 4 weeks sick leave after my open surgery at a hospital, when I ask for a refund from the insurance my boss said she won’t give it to me the sad part is I was even accused as #greedy. Life as a domestic helper.
Lucky are you who have employers offering a consultation,only few employers has a good spirit.
In my situation,even Im not feeling well due to a flu syndrom my emloyer did not care for me ,just told me to use facial mask whrn preparing their food.I buy my own medicine .I wonder why some body was offered a consultation but they refuse it?
Ako dn sobrang skit ng paa ko at namamaga pero la tlga pki ang amo ko…kng dko p xa cnbihan n s private aq mgpcheck up dpa kikilos…kc ayw nla n s private clinic aq pupunta…gs2 s hospital kc mura dw byaran nla…kya kelangan kng mg antay kng anung oras at arw my available checkup….
She’s sick…but after the employer told her to deduct her salary ,she became well….
#FUNNY…
#STUPIDES…
紀奇古 yes you are right. But Coz of some reason. Live in or live out is employer consideration.
Ako din nagtetake ako ng antibiotic tpos nagsuka ako halos buong araw pro 9pm n talaga ako pinagpahinga ni amo sobrang hina n ng katawan ko
I never filed any sick leave, eventhough I’m ill I still do my household chores..one day absence from work a tone of works to wait and it made me more sick.
Ennie Villafania Gomez same here.. An ambulance bring me to hospital because i am dizzy then i was diagnosed vertigo… But when i come back home i do a lot of housework evsn i still feel unwell…????
I have experience too..doctr gave me 2days rest monday until teusday but my employer refuse his is so busy .and nobody can work his house..i have vertigo so i cannot walk quickly.feel dizzy and almost f
Kaizen Anansky tama… Subra cgoro sipag nya with bf or whta kaya 2days ang kailangan nyang pahinga ulit
Bernarda Bitog sakto po
Alexrhea Chartzyrelle tama..
Cgro may tinatago kaya ayaw magpa check up..nkkapugod tlga mag work sa 22o lang kaya kunting sama lang ng katawan punta agad ako ng doctor khit ako nagbbayad sa gstos basta maging ok lang katawan ko kc un phunan dto ehh!!
according to HK immigration rule helpers shouldn’t be living out…