A Filipino maid who ran into trouble with Hong Kong Immigration after attempting to move to the city to work for a Kuwaiti diplomat has been sent back to the Philippines after her boss failed to get her a work visa.
Jenelyn Tawon began working in Kuwait City last October, caring for the diplomat’s mother. After a month, the family moved to Hong Kong, where their children were studying, and Tawon came with them, reports sunwebhk.com, a news portal for Filipinos in Hong Kong.
In January, Tawon went to Macau with her employer’s family for a vacation. When they returned to Hong Kong, she was stopped by immigration officers, who found that she had exceeded her stay in the city and did not have a work visa.
Once Tawon realized she was working in Hong Kong illegally, she left her job. She said her employer did not say anything regarding getting a work visa in Hong Kong.
On March 2, she contacted the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Hong Kong and told it of her situation. Jalilo dela Torre, head of POLO Hong Kong, sent a staffer to fetch her.
Tawon’s employer paid her salary before she left and bought her a plane ticket to Manila. However, he refused to pay for her flight from Manila to her home in General Santos City, on the southern island of Mindanao.
Tawon left Hong Kong on Tuesday evening.
Not just inconsiderate.. I call it inhumane.. Uneducated diplomate"@@@$$$$$$$hole xa
The employer is inconsiderate. He should get her a connecting flight until her place of origin. Stingy Kwaiti. A diplomat and still doesn’t know that her maid needs a visa to work in Hongkong? Jeez!
Both parties should understand what is stated in the contract in hiring dh.,and we helpers should be aware on the visa given to us n the valid date.with regards to the ticket goinghome it says up to the point of origin.
a lesson to learn from…should be both employer and employee to check the status of employment, .
Shut down? Yon lng ba dapat ang gawin nila sa agency? They should be prosecuted ! Pinerahan lng nila mga katulong