A Filipina domestic worker was paid HK$5,000 (US$636) by her former employer as severance pay after negotiations at the Labour Tribunal on August 8.
Marichu Soriano had sought severance pay of HK$8,000 from former employer Chow Chu-kuem, who sacked her on June 24 after more than three years employment, sunwebhk.com reported.
The employer said she no longer needed the maid’s services.
The domestic worker received a month’s wage in lieu of notice, money for an air ticket, plus a travel and food allowance from Chow. She requested the severance pay because that was part of her work conditions in the event of her being made redundant.
At the tribunal, Chow told the presiding officer Eric Tam the domestic worker had become lazy, which meant she needed to do some of the housework despite her paying the worker. Plus, the maid could not speak Cantonese despite working for her for more than three years.
Chow initially insisted she would only to pay compensation of HK$3,000, instead of the $8,000 requested by the domestic worker.
The two finally settled on HK$5,000, as suggested by Tam.
BWAHAHA AFTER 3 YEARS THE MAID LAZY, OR THE EMPLOYER
Unbelievable!!!after more than 3yrs of service just now they complain that the maid is LAZY?????and another issue is she dont speak Cantonese?????crazy employer……
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Hehehe..grabe eh
OMG KAWAWA NAMAN, CAREFUL MGA KABAYAN…????????????
Bhe pasikatin natin ung amo mong sinungaling deputa sya para d na makakuha katulong..hahhahah
Ako nga at my 3rd contract…my work is not good anymore…ne releases Ako.. .aba ayaw mgbyad nga long service long ayon ni labour long.. .tkot nga amo no bgbyad saying ding 15thousand
Ganyan kasi mga tsikwa mam. Mga traidor yan.
yaaayy!dko akalain na ilalabas toh dto hahah…after ng last hearing nato eh kinagabihan pag tulog ko pag pikit ko ng mata ko eh nakikita ko ung expresion ng mukha nila nung binubulyaw bulyawan cla ng judge dahil sa paiba iba nilang statement..lalo na nung tunanung cla ng judge kung anu ngyare that day na tinerminate nila ako..sumagot ba nmn na wala daw cla matandaan…hindi na daw maalala ung mga cnabi nila ng araw na un..oh di pinalabas ng court…
hahahah bhe mangunnsumi na nmn un pag nakita nila toh..baka hindi na nmn makatulog..
yan nga sis ang sabi ng judge..taz bakit pa daw nila ako nirenew kung lazy ako..at bakit pa nila ako pinabalik from vacation..kc kakauwi ko lang nung may,binigyan pa ako ng employer ko ng 500hkd at sabi pa eh YOU COMEBACK HA..at panu ako umabot ng almost 3years kung kahit panu hindi kami nagkakaintindihan..lagi pa nya ako pinupuri pagnakikita nga kung panu ako maglinis ng bahay nya..minsan pa xa na nagsasabi saakin na magpahinga lalo na pag hapon na…hahah kaya nung nililitis ang case eh pangiti ngiti nlang ako pag nagsasalita cla dahil alam ko at alam nila sa sarili nila kung panu cla makiusap saakin mag stay lang ako sakanila..
cheezin…hayy buti nlng we know our right bilabg katulong to get our severance pay…how about kya sakin patapos na aq dto ng 4yrs q ds sept.22…mgkano kya maibigay ng amo q..dhil ngreport na rn aq sa hklabor
12k mhigit go klng hk labor
another bull shit employer!
Marichu M. Soriano ikaw yang case n yan??
pag naka 4yrs. ba sa isang employer may matatanggap na nalong service?
afraid to pay 2/3 of the monthly wages at the end of the day of 5th year
Hahaha funny ….
Beth Castro Ballester pag mag 5 yrs sis start na ang computation nya
Not the comments i expected..
Has the employer being lazy anything to do with the services of the maid being terminated? Or affect the performances of the maid?
is there not a possibility of the maid taking advantage as years and familiarity goes on that she became lazy?
I stayed in quite a big place when I was in Qatar but I was alone so frankly, it’s not that difficult to maintain but I had a Sri Lankan maid.
When she started, she cleaned the house everyday and does the laundry every 2 days (3 times a week).
After a couple of months, she started cleaning my room every other day. I didn’t say a word although I’m not not happy about about that. Laundry turned to twice a week.
Then my room gets cleaned less frewuently until I had to open my mouth to ask why mycroom wasn’t cleaned which she replied sorry andcthe next morning, she cleaned it. and every week i have ti "remind" her to clean my room.
Laundry also became once a week until at times, i had to do my own laundry or else i will not have working clothes the next day.
I even tested her by putting an objrct on the floor of one of the other rooms. A month later, the object was still there which means she didn’t clean that room.
And from doing her chores daily in the first couple of months, it became that she couldn’t work for a week in a month because she’s having her period.
Finally patience ran out, so I called the agent to take her back. And I used the services of those part-timers.
Am I as an employer in the wrong?
madam less talk ka muna… anyways u won the case… kasi mainit pa kaso mu todo bantay sila sa kilos at mga salita na bibitiwan mu… baka makapagbitaw ka ng salita na pwede gamitin nila against you na by this time in accordance by the law at suportado sila.
#concern
same s case ko working almist 8 years s amo ko ssbihin n niya ngayon n lazy aq at di marunong mgbasa ng english smantalang siya ang di marunong mg english after 7 years n npalaki ko n tong anak niya now lng ngbubunganga hamunin ko nga ng i terminate n lng niya aq akala niya yata tanga aq n di ko alam ang karapatan ko.. laban lng aq at antayin n bayaran aq
Will that was Sri Lankan. Filipino couldn’t compare to any interms of cleanliness. Just saying
Hieda Nour
yes she was.
Jorelyn Espinosa
i had a Filipino maid many years back in Singapore.
The first maid i had. She’s about 45 and has 9 children! Best part in the Philippines, she worked as a family planning counselllor before! Her eldest daughter later came to work as a maid in Singapore too.
She’s the best maid i have. Every Sunday on her offday, she would go early to church and back by about 10.00am because she don’t like to go out spending money. When her daughter arrived, they and a few friends would all come to my house after church on Sundays, of course with my wife’s permission. They would do some cooking, watch TV or videos, etc.
Weekdays in the afternoon, she woukd eatchcsome cooking program on TV andctyen tried to cook that dish.. I still remember "orange chicken".
Sometimes on Saturdays, she followed us to my mom’s place… and no, she’s not required to do any housework there.
She’s alway asking my wife and I to have kids as she said she feels bored while we are at work and we are only staying in a HDB executive apartment so she finished all her chores by lunch time.
Only thing is she’s a little clumsy and had that "village" habits like using the bathroom without closing the door.. lol. But my wife reminded her and after a while she learnt.
In the 2 and a half years she was with us, I think we let her go back about 4 times, once every 6 months for a week. The last time when we parted ways because i was relocated overseas, she was employed by someone else.
I still missed her. Would have employed her anytime again. Best Filipino maid I had.
Asked ki lang po pwede po ba e likramo amo ko tatlong bahay po pina palinis sa akin. Sinabi ko na sa kanila na bawal un. Kaya po sabi ko di ko na kaya payi 5 aso naparumi daming kuto saka my dalawang aso sa loob ng bahay malapit sa kwarto ko nagagalit pa sila pag mag mask ako. Natatakot ko doon baka ako magkasakit at subrang baho saka my pusa pa sa loob ng bahay. What po gagawin ko. Salary ko every month bawas 100 dollar un daw sa internet. Na dyan man sila nag communicate sa akin pag wala sila sa bahay may alaga akong bata isa.