A mainland Chinese woman who had previously ignored summonses to appear before the Hong Kong Labor Tribunal to settle a dispute involving a Filipino maid who had been forced to work illegally across the border finally showed up on Thursday, and the claim was settled.
Lin Haiyan agreed to pay the HK$21,400 (US$2,725) settlement proposed by Presiding Officer Isabella Chu to Filipino domestic worker Myles A Alfaro, who had asked for HK$112,000 in compensation, sunwebhk.com reported.
Lin had failed to appear before the tribunal before despite bailiffs being sent to track her down three times.
Chu said that signing up a maid in Hong Kong and then taking her across the border to work was a breach of Hong Kong Immigration rules, therefore a criminal offense.
The tribunal earlier heard that Alfaro had used a visitor visa to travel to the mainland to work for Lin, but overstayed for 20 days. When Lin heard her maid’s visa had expired, she terminated Alfaro’s contract and wanted her to fly back to the Philippines.
Alfaro had asked for HK$112,000 in compensation. Chu deducted the HK$97,492.50 damages Alfaro had claimed and rounded the total to HK$21,400, asking both Lin and Alfaro if that was acceptable.
Chu advised both women that this might be a good chance for the two parties to settle instead of going to a trial. Both parties agreed.
the initial amount she asked was far too high and $21,400 was a fair deal!.. She asked for $112k because she wanted the employer to pay her the whole 2yrs contract but theres no such thing as that in FWD contract in HK..
Mabuti ngang nakipag ayos na lng kasi pag inabot pa sa korte yn pareho silang malintikan ng amo dahil illegal ang ginawa nila.
Funny..not even half of what she is asking was given..
I assume that the employer will pay the penalty of the helper in what she did.
But Filipinos have a kind heart
Thats it.
Not like other chinese that their heart is BATO.
Mga putang ina nila dapat Maghire sila ng babae para sa mga batang babae bakit pati janitor kailangan Sila pa ang mag tanggal ng diaper ng nga bata..
If i were the helper I prefer to go to the court rather than to accept that SMALL money.