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.
Sad naman..Pero ako :6:30 gising talaga at natatapos din ng 10:30 11 Na maghhiga.pero inhale exhale.kaya kinaya ko.
Elizabeth Sarmiento i agree health is wealth..overwork can harm our health..then hiw can we work if we get sick..we really need enough rest..we have to take ourselves too…not just about salary
Alona Maldonado mabait lang yan dahil masipag at mabait ka rin. Keep up the good work.
same
yes,,,true their are very lazy to do a simple things.
aq start work q 530 am minsan nakakatapos ako 1130pm..kahit gusto ko ng matulog nd makatulog sa ingay nla parang nasa park sila palagi
Ako I wake up at 6:30 matatapos ako 10:30-11 pm .. maliligo pa ako at hand wash Ng damit no baby at Ng damit ko . Sobrang hirap amo ko walang konsiderasyon
Why don’t you try to work 16 hours a day yourself without any rest. People might consider you as the new " Superman " kaloka
My ward is a special child..i go w/ her in school n pt session fter class..n cn be back home at least around past 6 so that is d only time i can prepare her dinner..bath her..feed her n fter do household work…so usually i can finish around 12~12;30…so in all i have 16~18hrs work time…
Ako po more than 16hours pa po kung minsan kgaya ngayun linggo sana pahinga ko kaso wla trabaho prin ktatapos ko lng ng bake ng cake ano oras na ktabi ko pa 2yrs old na bb mayat maya gising,isang 9yrs old.at isang 4yrs old total 3kids po alaga ko 6:30am to 12midnyt po kadalasan ang siste ng work ko all around aq ang dko lng work mg carwash kc sabi ni madam dko dw pwede dlhin si bb sa parking lot kya pina pa carwash nlng nla tinitiis ko lng din po kc mababait nmn cla.nkpost po yung binake ko n cake sa timeline ko bka akala nyo ngsisinungaling ako pki.hirap pla mging mhirap
Ganyan po ako sa employer ko.walang pahinga pa sa araw kahit 30 mins. 3 kc alaga ko stay in amo ko babae pro di nmn tumutulong utos lng ng utos
Maybe she’s the employer of my aunt’s she’s been 1month last June 6.and her work is from 6.30 to 11.30pm and the employer don’t want her to take rest during work because as her employer said her hour is paid.and during her day off her both employer want her toto work before and after off with curfew of 7.30pm.
I wrote to labor but no action.and her employer take a part time helper which is against the law but still labor no action.and her employer already hire 4 helper within this year as far as I knew it is not allowed but the question how come her employer still can hire.
Ako nga from 5am till 11pm, working hr, with 1.6 months and 5yr , and may madam is very demanding about works ,she said don’t sleep at the afternoon, dven nap, .. .Ha ist human rights ??????
depende kasi yan sa amo at sa helper, kung maganda ang relasyon ng dalawa , walang magiging problema, pero kung parehong ma pride both side talagang malaki ang magiging problema….. and besides both party kepangan ang isat isa
How lucky I am to my employer..!!i consider my self as one of the luckiest helper having a employer what I have now..they are very considerate..6:30 I awake already ang I go up to my room around 7pm..as long as I finish in the kitchen..!!GOD BLESS maam K and Sir H.
For me okay lang sana if 10:30pm to 6;30 am and tulog niya IF pwede siya makatulog ng tanghali or by any chance pagtapos na work niya. Actually andaming ganyang case dito sa HK. Maswerte ka nalang kung pinapatulog ka or allowed ka matulog pagkatapos mong trabahoin lahat.
Health is wealth!
We have 24hrs.rest day during our holiday day.employer must read the contract before hiring maid!
We are,also human being same as you dear employer be fair….
Dapat talaga magkaroon na d2 sa hong Kong or as kng hanggang anong ors LNG ang trabaho
Hoy machine nga ng shutdown ,tao pa kaya.do wat u need to do.rest f tired.we get sick we still have to work.tame rest in the afternoon.be in ur room by 10.msyado mga yan.kla nila d tyo nppgod