A Filipina domestic worker has filed a report with the Labour Tribunal in Hong Kong seeking compensation from her former employer, who terminated her contract when she overstayed her visa in China.
Domestic worker Myles A. Alfaro is seeking compensation from Lin Haiyan, a mainland businesswoman residing in Hong Kong, for HK$112,000 (US$14,268), sunwebhk.com reported.
The Filipina went to the mainland to work for Lin and traveled on a visitor visa, but overstayed in China for 20 days. When her employer heard her visa had expired, she terminated Alfaro’s contract and wanted her to fly back to the Philippines.
But Alfaro called her employment agency, which lent her money to buy an air-ticket to Hong Kong.
Alfaro has claimed $630 in arrears in wages, a one-way airfare to Manila of $1,120, a $100 food allowance and $97,492.50 for the unfinished portion of her contract that includes wages in lieu of notice, as well as expenses incurred totaling $12,384.87.
The expenses include items such as the $1,780 air ticket, accommodation in China after her termination and the fine she paid the mainland immigration department.
On Thursday, the employer did not show up for the hearing in the Labour Tribunal but sent her cousin, a Mr Kwok, as her representative. She claimed she could not attend as she was in Sri Lanka for an important business meeting.
Presiding Officer Isabella Chu did not allow Kwok to represent the defendant and asked Kwok to tell the defendant that the tribunal hearing was an equally important meeting that had been set a month earlier.
“It’s not fair to the taxpayer. It’s not just the defendant who is busy, I am busy as well. Digest what I said to you just now: ‘Don’t waste the time of the court, don’t waste the taxpayers’ money’.”
Chu adjourned the hearing until May 10.
she will get money but will takes time because the case in court
OMG
Nabasa mo po ba? Hk$7,000 sabi. At she pleaded guilty. Yes she has a clean record pero kung ako sa kanya if i have a clean record kung unintentionally lang yan hindi talaga ako aamin lalo clean record.
It’s not fair to the taxpayer. It’s not just the defendant who is busy, I am busy as well. Digest what I said to you just now: ‘Don’t waste the time of the court, don’t waste the taxpayers’ money’.”
well said ….
It’s not fair to the taxpayer. It’s not just the defendant who is busy, I am busy as well. Digest what I said to you just now: ‘Don’t waste the time of the court, don’t waste the taxpayers’ money’.”
Shirley Caperina 8tau po sahod ko, DH lang po ako. ????
dapat lang na gawin nya yan kasi kasalanan ng employer nya yan dapat alam mo angvkarapatan mo
Hahahaha im busy as well..dont waste taxpayers money.good job sir
See how this employer do to their maids,the contract was signed in HK vut they ask the maid to go to china to work which is illegal,then if were caught all the blame is to the maid..Good of this brainless lawbreaker employer..
Stop bringing helper in china because its not the workplace…thats the best…
it’s not about the money sometimes employers are too abusive they know already that it is illegal to let their helper work in china but still they ask them to do so.let theabusive employer learn her lesson and suffer the consequences
Nangyari narin po sakin yung lumabas ako ng hindi nakabayad in different stores dahil sa taranta may time pa nga nakarating nako sa bahay ng maalala ko dipa pala ako nakabayad takbo agad ako pabalik to pay the goods..kaya nakakaawa si ate kung dahil sa nakalimutan nya lang makukulong sya.another disappointing and sad stories nanaman ng ofw.
BRAVO. I salute yo MISS ALFARO for standing firm, knowing your right and fighting for it. And to the judge thank you very much for being fair.
hay naku dna nakuntento sa sahod. at wag idahilan na sumusuprta sya sa mga anak sa pilipinas. thats not enuf reason to steal????????
dapat ganyan malakas Ang loob kung alam mong employer may kasalanan napakaraming hirap at sama ng loob dinanas ko jan sa hk pero sa pagtitiis ko eto ako ngaun sa macau at happy sa binigay ni god ….laban Lang kapwa ko ofw
Why did she allow her visa to expire?