Agencies exploiting maids and local employers<\/p>\n
V.K. Chin, The Star, Asia News Network, Selangor, Malaysia<\/p>\n
It is really amazing that Malaysian and Indonesian middlemen
\nshould be pointing fingers at each other for the delay in the
\nrecruitment of maids for local employers.<\/p>\n
It is a typical example of a pot calling the kettle black. In
\nfact, they are both culpable for the mess because these
\nrecruiters are trying to make some easy money at the expense of
\nthe maids keen to work here and their prospective employers.<\/p>\n
Both are fixing a fee for their services and those interested
\nto come here to work as maids and the Malaysian families keen to
\nemploy them have to pay additional money before a transaction
\ncould be sealed.<\/p>\n
Their activities are well known and they are making it more
\nexpensive than necessary for employers to recruit such domestic
\nhelp.<\/p>\n
There are also groups in Indonesia who are trying to take
\nadvantage of the situation and exploiting their women, making it
\nfinancially expensive to work as maids.<\/p>\n
Like their male colleagues, these Indonesian girls most
\nprobably have to take out loans to pay the recruitment agencies
\nin the republic before they could gain employment overseas, not
\nonly in Malaysia but other countries as well.<\/p>\n
While most Malaysians may not know what is going on in
\nIndonesia before allowing these women to leave its shores to
\nwork, they are more familiar with some of the antics used by
\nlocal employment agencies.<\/p>\n
Malaysian employers of Indonesian maids are charged several
\nthousand ringgit for this privilege and many of them had agreed
\nto this arrangement because they had no choice.<\/p>\n
It is unclear what this special charge is for. The agencies
\nsay that the money is used for administrative expenses,
\nsupposedly to include the training of the maids.<\/p>\n
If the performance of many of the maids is anything to go by,
\nthen the money would have been a waste as many had not the
\nslightest clue on how to do their household duties.<\/p>\n
If it is meant for after-sale service, then it may be
\nacceptable. However, in many cases the employers have found
\nthemselves in a dilemma when they have difficulties with their
\nmaids.<\/p>\n
The employers would have to bear the consequences, especially
\nin finance, if their maids should decide to run away. They would
\nnot be able to claim any compensation from the agencies.<\/p>\n
If the employers should decide to recruit another maid from
\nthe same suppliers, then they would have to pay for such a
\nreplacement. Either the employer accepts this arrangement or
\nthere will be no maid.<\/p>\n
What is even more jarring is that some greedy agencies are
\nrecycling their maids and may encourage them to leave their
\npresent employers so that they could be offered to other families
\nkeen to employ them.<\/p>\n
The whole purpose of this scam is to enable these unethical
\nagencies to make more money at the expense of the many working
\ncouples desperate for a maid to look after their children and
\ntheir homes during their absence.<\/p>",
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