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.
Tee Cee Zay tamablng ginwa mo
In my current employer…meron akong 7 cctv…at ito pa may access ang grandparents na nsa Hangzhou….????????????????and YES emotionally and mentally nkakastress xa…but as long na wla akong gnagawang masama…never mind…hehe
no helper just cameras would help them;)
4 camera’s is little i work in a Chinese family in Malaysia for 2 years 8 months and they have 16 camera’s all over the house except rooms and toilets….as long as you work good camera’s are not a problem..
I wish the consulate would block this employer to hire helpers too.
Why not? It’s to protect yourselves as well. I’d do the same. Its called precaution. It doesnt mean you don’t trust the helper, it is preventing what might happen.
WELL SAID. camera kasi Nga A reflection to them.
Tee Cee Zay GOOD move. NEVER punish Yourself.
Rajiv Cobain i AGREE.
MUST take Photo Of Camera As Evidences. Toilet is Not a place to Put a Surveillance Cam.HELPERS JUST never Sign a Contract with Cameras AT HOME. Why Compromise.
Lots Of Employer Na Tao HINDI mga May SAYAD AT walang Tiwala. MGA bugok na Amo yan.
Binaligtad tuloy xa ng amu nya….xa pa tuloy ang lumabas na masama…
#sad
Pero wala kasing sapat na evedince….
I got 7 cameras.. my boss is bad temper.. really ..i decided to resigned..
OMG..
Tee Cee Zay lol
It’s true that they put camera in the toilet because when my first time here to work they did put camera on my own bathroom that’s why I resign also and it was told by their daugther
tama,kung wla kang tiwala sa katulong bkit ka pa mag hihire
From my last employer they have 8 cameras at home the fact that they are both stay in????????????.super perfectionist,sad to say i only stay 3 months bec i resign.
Sana pinicturan nya kung may nakita sya sa toilet
4 cameras? OMG
Rajiv Cobain big correct very well said