A Filipino domestic worker has been hit with a huge bill – HK$24,000 (US$3,057) – for breaking a glass door on her employer’s balcony.
The maid identified as “A.E.”, who worked for an employer in Yau Tong in Kowloon for a month, said she accidentally locked herself out of her employer’s balcony, sunwebhk.com reported.
A.E. did not have her mobile phone with her, so she could not call for help. She said she got worried as she needed to leave and pick up her ward from school. So she broke the glass door to get back into the apartment.
The employer got angry at the maid and told her the estimated cost for repairing the balcony door was HK$52,800 (US$6,726) and she had to pay HK$24,000 for the repair.
However, a friend of the maid told A.E that her employer could not charge her HK$24,000 because under Hong Kong labor laws, an employer can only charge up to HK$300 for any damage to goods caused by a domestic worker.
Her friend advised her to seek help from a group called Mission For Migrant Workers to get more information on Hong Kong’s labor laws and her rights.
A.E may have lost her job, but it appears that legally she only has to pay HK$300 (just over US$38) to her former employer.
Sna ikw nlng ngbigay ng pulang sobre x amo mo????(pra mainsulto)
Naku ganyan din amo ko dati hindi lang makita ibibintang agad sakin…kaya walang tumatagal na katulong eh..walang tiwala.
e demanda then si amo.naiinis ako sa gnyan
What you did is rightkabayan…you put priority of the children..bec…if you dont pick them up on time it would be more trouble…the glass can be change…but if something happen to your ward bec. You did not pick them bec.u were lock up..its more trouble
It doesn’t mean that you can do anything you want when you are in the park or any public place. No one prohibits you to enjoy your free time. Dont take it as a race issue. It is about being mindful of others, respect and decency. Some people want to rest on holidays and weekends. I have seen this myself and frankly it is distasteful and shameful. Dont wait til one day you are not allowed inside the park or worse fined. You will be a crying baby by then!
In hongkong labor law even the maid can broke expensive items from the employer she need only to pay 3,000hkd ,but the consequences is maybe she might terminated ..some employer is gave no mercy or understand the me they hust concern the big sum amount of money they need to lose. .
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Hay kaloka , baka naman pinagdadamutan mo yong helper mo Kaya ka ninakawan , para abalone tatawag ka pa ng police ,,,instik talaga
Nothing in the article to indicate the employer is Chinese.
Chinese mind money money money dying for money not LOVE;(
Tempered glasses now a days are so cheap including labor would cost only max of 9k, why is that so expensive, is it made of Swarovski???
Ka loka anong sarap ng abalone n yan peste! D n presko amö ko nun khit ilang taon ng expired kina kain pa rin. ..