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.
Kasama yan sa trbaho ntin..dpat dn Po kc intindihin ntin mga amo ntin base sa time ng work nila.. importante lng Po pag Oras Na ng tulog wag Na Nila tau gsingin pa…both employer and employee need lng mgkkaunawaan pra wlang conflict
abusive employer
Emma Ramos salamat sa concern peru ok lng kc nka2pamahinga nmn ako sa araw kpag tulug alaga ko nka2tulug din nmn ako bsta mbait sila ok lng kya kung tiisin base sa experience ko sa malaysia sisiw lng tu sa nging kranasan ko dun kyud klabaw tlga hindi pa kgandahan ugali ng amo kya mpalad pa din ako ngayun????????????????
paano kung holiday mo plabasin ka 10am pblikin ka 8pm tapos ang trbho hntay sayo…mkatarungan b to..
Lovely Vick pati din ikaw parehas tayo.11 to 6 tlaga
Really tiring …6:30am to 10pm☹️
Elizabeth Sarmiento true
Patayan to, buy nalang xa ng robot na tutulong sa kanya
U r right 100%
Tama talaga kayo, ni halos wlang pahinga makaupo kalang kong kakain ka filling nila mga robot tayo, minsan nga makaabot ako ng 17hrs
Alona Maldonado minsan ang amo umaabuso dahill din s atib oo pumunta tau dito para magtrabaho paano kong magkasakit ka kc kht d n tama ang palaging nasa isip natin ay nagpunta para magtrabaho para s pamilya guys kong. D mo ingatan sarili matulongan mo pa ba ang pamilya mo? Kaya isipin niyo rin na tau may karapatan bilang tao makina nga masira pag naover used na eh tau pa kaya oo magtiis tau pero sa tama din hwg bow ng bow tapos kulang s tulog magkakasakit k niyan..itoy payo lng ha mga kasister in christ..
Ako nga 5:30 am gesing na matatapos ang pinakang maaga 9:30pm pero minsan 10pm na kya mi san parang nakakapanghina tlga.
So many filipino/indonesian helper here working a long hrs 16 to 18 hrs which is abusing to the helper,we are not a machine we need also to rest like yours,this is my appeal long time ago for my co filipino migrants who’s fighting for our rights here as an ofw,10 hrs minimum hrs of work or even 12hrs if it excess it will considered as OT,we demand increased of 5,500 or 6,000 they increase 100$ is that worth for a 16hrs of work?i am much luckier because I work only 13 hrs/day compare to others 80% employer here are abusive for time of works for thier helper
Bumait na rin mga amo ko kasi 19years na ako sa kanila????tyagaan lang talaga.
First 6 years ko dito sa amo ko ay 4am ako gigising 12midnight to 1am ako natutulog. Pero ngayon ok na kasi 5am gising ko kung may pasok tapos pahinga ng 10 to 12midnight. Iyan ang normal na working hours dito sa hk????
Maria Nida Escarda Agdon-Carvellida
tnx ????????????????????,,,kylngan e ngpunta kc ako dtu pra mgwork for my family kya kylngan mgtiis tlga
Stupid bitch…working employers only work for 8hours a day and by the time they come home they’re complaining they’re very tired how much more a helper works double their time of work. We helpers are also human though we just stsy in your house we’re not having a good time. Try to be in our shoes before you complain on line on how you’ll manage towards the attitude of your worker.
ako nga 6 am ton1 am maliligonpabat mgdadry ng hair????
Grabe talaga ibang employer minsan di sila makatao.Kami 7 to 11 ang working hrs.tapos kelangan pang gumising pag nagising mga bata.Ang breakfast isang nilagang itlog lang tapos pakakainin ka ng lunch ng alas 2.Ang masama niyan paghihinalaan ka pang magnanakaw..and now sabay kaming nag break contract kaya sa wakas makakaalis na rin kami dito.
Nacomplain nga aq dahil s inutusan aq ng lola s isang work.kararating q lng non naghatid ng lunch ng bata.alay lakad p un.sobrang init.at gutom aq.sabi q kakain lng po aq then gawin q po yan.nagsumbong.kako nga s broker q.i am not a robot..