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.
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?
Beth Castro Ballester pag mag 5 yrs sis start na ang computation nya
Hahaha funny ….
afraid to pay 2/3 of the monthly wages at the end of the day of 5th year
pag naka 4yrs. ba sa isang employer may matatanggap na nalong service?
Marichu M. Soriano ikaw yang case n yan??
another bull shit employer!
12k mhigit go klng hk labor
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
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..
hahahah bhe mangunnsumi na nmn un pag nakita nila toh..baka hindi na nmn makatulog..
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…
Ganyan kasi mga tsikwa mam. Mga traidor yan.
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
Bhe pasikatin natin ung amo mong sinungaling deputa sya para d na makakuha katulong..hahhahah
OMG KAWAWA NAMAN, CAREFUL MGA KABAYAN…????????????
Hehehe..grabe eh
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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……
BWAHAHA AFTER 3 YEARS THE MAID LAZY, OR THE EMPLOYER