A Filipino maid asked to terminate her employment contract in Hong Kong after claiming her employer had a camera in the toilet, but a police search found nothing.
The incident came to light when the female employer posted a hand-written letter by her domestic worker on a Facebook group called “Employer-employee relationship,” which sparked a heated discussion online, the Oriental Daily reported.
According to the letter, dated April 13, the maid claimed she worked under “emotional and psychological stress” after learning from the 5-year-old girl in her care that her male employer could monitor rooms in the home, including the toilet, on his mobile phone.
The maid claimed she had reported the case to police, the letter said. Her female employer denied the allegation and said the maid had submitted her resignation two days before making the allegation.
The maid’s employer insisted there was no camera in the toilet, but added that the domestic worker acknowledged the existence of four cameras in the home because they had clearly marked their location on the employment contract.
The employer said she reported the case to police, who came to the house. After police arrived and checked the house, they said they did not find a camera in the toilet. The maid could not provide police with any evidence to support her allegation.
The employer said she ended the contract with the maid by paying her in lieu of notice and warned other employers not to hire her.
Some people following the saga online suspected the maid was trying to get money from employers through severance pay by hopping jobs. Others said employers should protect themselves by stating the number and whereabouts of cameras in a home on the employment contract or to report a case to police if similar allegations were made.
Exactly…
Maybe she’s confused.
Wow in my 25 yrs here in hk i have only one employer u have a camera its really stress working with someone watching u ,,better dont hire helper if u dont trust ,if u employer in our shoes in your working place having a camera do u think u work can work peacefully specially employer dont stop asking, ,complaint while Im working during the day because the camera I had was talking then if not satisfied will call u in your mobile ????terrible …luckily just only 1 half yr they stay here in hk and move to other country..Thank God ..Dont lost hope in every trial there is a happy ending ????????
4 camera lng.. Akin lima isa s kitchen isa s living tas dining tas s room ko pa. Tas kwarto nila hehehe..but i dont mind wala nmn ako gngwa msama..ung camera s kwrto ko nsa paanan ko p nakapwesto o san kapa hehehe
Mareezen Abenojar , cameras for what ? If they don’t trust then why hire helpers ? Lapsap mind .
My boss have 4 cameras in the house but I don’t mind because I never done anything wrong.
Exactlly no need mo hire maids f no trust..
Dapat kinuhanan ng picture bago magreport atleast may evidence.
siempre bago pa dumating ang police tinggal na nila un para walang ebidensya..
that, we can not guarantee hahaha!… i always love your comments, bro… humorous yet really make sense…????????????
Ginisa mo sarili mo sa sarili mong mantika..kaw tuloy ngka record..
Mostly Chinese employer gumagmit ng camera s room and especially bathroom nkpag housemate at hind alert
why hire a helper and treat like a prison with 24/7 surveillance …you try to put on our shoes and you will feel what we feel that while working at your home you have to watch us…you have to monitor us…good employer should have trust on us…
???? ground floor plng yan????
These are insecured .Low mentality employers. Always changing maids. Becoz bullies abused. The staff.
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ang camera makikita mo na para siyang mata may pupil sa gitna kompara sa sensor na wala..ayan napasama ka tuloy at ipablock ka pa sa amo bago kc magreport sa pulis dapat may matibay kang ebidensiya,siraan mo p amo mo eh nagbigay ka na ng notice of breaking the contract di ka na lang tumahimik na umalis para di ka mapasama
Better not hire a domestic helper if they don’t have trust to their selves .
The house of my boss is not only 4 cameras but 18 cameras w/record
Only 4 camera??
In my employer’s home is 7 just in the ground floor garden..
4 cameras at home ???????????? ….do you have ATM or diamond mine at your house ???????????? .