A Hong Kong woman was slammed by netizens for expecting her domestic worker to work 16 hours a day.
The woman posted a question on a Facebook group named “Messages that maid’s employer must read”, asking for suggestions on how to handle her domestic worker’s attitude, Headline Daily reported.
The employer said her domestic employee, who had been working for the family for one month, was not happy with her daily work schedule. She said that her maid worked 16 hours, from 6:30 in the morning until 10:30 at night.
Seemingly the domestic worker requested that she could rest from 9:30pm so as not to affect her work performance during the day.
The female employer explained that as she needs to work at night and her husband works shifts, the earliest she can return home is at 9:30pm.
She pointed out that her domestic worker could have eight hours to sleep.
Readers of the Facebook posting slammed the employer as inhuman, telling her that the domestic worker’s schedule was unreasonable.
They told the employer to put herself in the shoes of her employee, and argued that no one could stand such working hours for a long period of time.
Some responses suggested that she should hire one more worker, or at the very least allow her domestic worker to wake up an hour later. They advised her to think carefully about the situation, as the long working hours without adequate rest would only make the worker tired and unable to perform, or even force her to resign.
According to existing law, local employers should provide domestic workers with at least one rest day in every period of seven days; a rest day is defined as a continuous period of not less than 24 hours.
However, domestic workers in Hong Kong are not covered by legislation related to standard working hours.
Hayahhh that’s the point no standard working hour from domestic helper that is the reason majority of employer taking advantage of that then salary very low to sad it’s to unfair ????????????????????????
Tama po.Sana ung 8 hours ang dapat tuntutukan na mapatupad kahit hindi n muna ang pagtaas ng sahud.Para kapag lumampas ng 8 hours over time n un may bayad na.
In my previous Chinese employer i worked 17 hours a day. She keep on seeing do my work fast so I can rest early. But the thing is, uf I finished my work she will give me again another work. Not only that, she will keep on checking on you if you are working.
Cha Risse tama kyu maaga p nga yan e ako mbait yung amo ko peru nka2tulug n tlga ako e 12.30 am na suwerte lng ako kung mkatulug ako ng 11 tapus gigising pa ng 1am or 2 pra tulungan yung amo kung mgtimpla ng gatas ng alaga ko hindi ako ngrereklamu peru nka2iyak din minsan
Buti pa nga yan eh ako nga most of the time finished work at 11pm because we eat dinner late and there are many things to do after dinner.tas pag gumising ang baby ng early gising din ako ok lng sana pero sa rest day ko gnun pa din mas late pa natstapos st minsan late sila uuwi
Bkit p ksi pinagpipilitan nila taasan ang sahod oras lng ng trabaho sapat n anhin nman ng mlaking sahod kung patayan n trabaho ksi mostly ng mga amo bnibilang tlaga ang pinapasahod ktumbas ng trabaho na
Sana nga po,ako din every night laging 11:30-12:00 na makakapasok sa room,tapos gising ng 6am
sobra nga cla eh! dapat tlga maipatupad na ung hinihingi nating mga ofw na may cut 0ff sa working hours paglampas ng oras na yun overtime na.
kahit po Hindi n ung 8hrs …12hrs matuloy lamang…Sana ok na
its true ganyan nman dito.ung inalisan.q.nga.18hrs aq saglit lng pahinga ito bagong amo. ganun.din trabho pa sa off oo byad pero paguwi mo.trbho ulit haha ????????????
Being domestic helper is a quite hard job.. ???????? ???? ???? ????
Dapat pag tanghali matulog kahit 1 or 2 hrs.ok na yon
Employer also working 9hrs.from 9a.m. To 6p.m…
Paano kc ipapanalo yung working bracket n ipinaglalaban ng iilan kung karamihan ay kinakain ng ktmaran pra sumamacsa laban..pero kpg nmn naaprubhn ang ipinaglalavan ng iilan tungkol sa working time ay pkikinabangan nmn ng lhat..just saying peace mga kbayan
Ako nga 5:45 gising ko hanggang 10pm minsan lampas pa????ang pina ka masaklap during day off ko kasi 11:30am na ako makakalabas kasi kung ano ung daily routine ko ganun din sa off ko at balik ako 7:30pm mag wawalis at mag be bedsitting gawa pagkain nila naka katulog ako 10 na din! Saklap!
tama ka cc dapat implement nila 8hrs lang ang work
Siya nalang magtrabaho at iyong ipasuweldo niya sa katulong sa kanya na
Para may pera siya
Ako nga 6:20-11.pero may 1hour noon break ako
8:30am-11:30 pm
Thats my schedule of work!walang reklamo trabaho pinunta dito..im still lucky dahil d natulad sa ibang lugar na masaya na sila makaka rest ng 4-3hrs …????????????????
Punyetang employer isa pa tong AMOY-IMBURNAL