Maids to get one day off a week
2009/09/03
KUALA LUMPUR: Indonesians maids will be given one day off a week and be allowed to keep their passports during their stay in the country.
The Home Ministry, in a statement yesterday, stated that the rest day requirement would be enforced after amendments were made to the Employment Act 1955.
These terms were agreed on by Malaysia and Indonesia at the third meeting of the Working Committee on the Recruitment and Placement of Indonesian Maids on Aug 20, it added.
The Malaysian delegation was led by the ministry's secretary-general Datuk Seri Mahmood Adam.
The meeting also agreed that the temporary work permits of Indonesian maids who ran away from their employers would be revoked immediately and the maids would not be allowed to enter Malaysia again to work. – Bernama
Wahhh… this is goin’ to be painful. Think I’d rather spend the day @ home than having to elbow my way through the throng…
Yes, in term of human rights or things like that, yes, it makes a whole lot of sense. These people come from Godforsaken places, in the search of a better life, to support their families back home. They have to bear the difficulties of being away from children, parents, husbands and well you get the drift. Not only that, coupled with the household chores and some unlucky enough to get impossible employer, who fusses over everything. Not only these maids get to be nanny, cooks, gardener, they also are the car washer, seamstress and other things as well.
Back then, in the British Victorian Era, the Lords employed hundreds of servants to manage his estate. Butler, footman, stable boy, nanny, chamber maid, cook, gardener, valet and maid for the mistress, just to name a few. They are specialized in their task. Nowadays, those maids are all in 1. untung jugak kan?
My sis used to have maid. After 4 of them, she called it quit. No more. Too many problem. Dapat yang baik ‘Seri’, after 2 tahun nak balik ke suami n anak2. then dapat yang ala2 gatal..couldn’t recall her name. Haha… After that, early forties widowed-Indonesian ‘Ida’. Good at work but she’s just sad. My heart went out for her everytime I looked at her…my mom told us she got problems at home with her in-laws… my mom ni, semua orang die nak buat sedara. Huhu…so last2 nanti kena pijak kepala. at last, Ida just ran away. The last 1 is younger than me whom my sis just couldn’t get along with…so off she went.
The negative side I’m mulling in my head is that, I just don’t think it’s the best way to approach this issue. Can you just imagine the crowd? People hanging around the malls, parks, every cemented place that can be found in KL… Yup, I can. It’ll be just like the last time I went to Medan. Packed, crammed, and jammed! Not to mention the new odour that’s gonna linger on your shirt….
Whatever pon, we just wait and see…. I bet it’s gonna be interesting.
2009/09/03
KUALA LUMPUR: Indonesians maids will be given one day off a week and be allowed to keep their passports during their stay in the country.
The Home Ministry, in a statement yesterday, stated that the rest day requirement would be enforced after amendments were made to the Employment Act 1955.
These terms were agreed on by Malaysia and Indonesia at the third meeting of the Working Committee on the Recruitment and Placement of Indonesian Maids on Aug 20, it added.
The Malaysian delegation was led by the ministry's secretary-general Datuk Seri Mahmood Adam.
The meeting also agreed that the temporary work permits of Indonesian maids who ran away from their employers would be revoked immediately and the maids would not be allowed to enter Malaysia again to work. – Bernama
Wahhh… this is goin’ to be painful. Think I’d rather spend the day @ home than having to elbow my way through the throng…
Yes, in term of human rights or things like that, yes, it makes a whole lot of sense. These people come from Godforsaken places, in the search of a better life, to support their families back home. They have to bear the difficulties of being away from children, parents, husbands and well you get the drift. Not only that, coupled with the household chores and some unlucky enough to get impossible employer, who fusses over everything. Not only these maids get to be nanny, cooks, gardener, they also are the car washer, seamstress and other things as well.
Back then, in the British Victorian Era, the Lords employed hundreds of servants to manage his estate. Butler, footman, stable boy, nanny, chamber maid, cook, gardener, valet and maid for the mistress, just to name a few. They are specialized in their task. Nowadays, those maids are all in 1. untung jugak kan?
My sis used to have maid. After 4 of them, she called it quit. No more. Too many problem. Dapat yang baik ‘Seri’, after 2 tahun nak balik ke suami n anak2. then dapat yang ala2 gatal..couldn’t recall her name. Haha… After that, early forties widowed-Indonesian ‘Ida’. Good at work but she’s just sad. My heart went out for her everytime I looked at her…my mom told us she got problems at home with her in-laws… my mom ni, semua orang die nak buat sedara. Huhu…so last2 nanti kena pijak kepala. at last, Ida just ran away. The last 1 is younger than me whom my sis just couldn’t get along with…so off she went.
The negative side I’m mulling in my head is that, I just don’t think it’s the best way to approach this issue. Can you just imagine the crowd? People hanging around the malls, parks, every cemented place that can be found in KL… Yup, I can. It’ll be just like the last time I went to Medan. Packed, crammed, and jammed! Not to mention the new odour that’s gonna linger on your shirt….
Whatever pon, we just wait and see…. I bet it’s gonna be interesting.
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