'My maid doesn't have to work on Sundays'<\/p>\n
It is common for families, with or without children, in big
\ncities such as Jakarta to hire one or two maids to do the house
\nchores while they are working. However, many housemaids,
\nparticularly those who live-in, have to work every single day
\nwithout holiday. In conjunction with Human Rights Day on Dec. 10,
\nThe Jakarta Post asked some people how they treated their
\nhousemaids.<\/p>\n
May, 26, is a freelance writer. She lives with her parents in
\nSouth Jakarta:<\/p>\n
Our family hires a local woman to do the laundry, house
\ncleaning, cooking and dishes. She comes in every morning at 10
\na.m. and leaves for home at about 5 p.m.<\/p>\n
In the morning before coming to our house, she does the
\nlaundry for a neighbor. I don't know how much my neighbor pays
\nher for the laundry work.<\/p>\n
She doesn't work on Sundays, except if my mother requests her
\nto do so. I think my mother pays her about Rp 250,000 a month.
\nBut she has her lunch here and my mother sometimes gives her
\nmeals to be brought home.<\/p>\n
Roka, 24, is an employee of a private company. He lives with
\nhis parents in North Jakarta:<\/p>\n
Our 7-member family hires a live-in housemaid who starts her
\nchores at 5 a.m. every day. She first cooks breakfast for us and
\nlater does the laundry. Then she prepares lunch for us.<\/p>\n
After lunch she takes a rest during the afternoon and then she
\nstarts working again until 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
She has a day off on Sundays. Usually she goes out with other
\nhousemaids in the neighborhood. But recently I think she has a
\nboyfriend, our neighbor, and she goes out with him on Sundays.<\/p>\n
I don't know about her salary, I never ask my mother about
\nthat. But I think she gets whatever she needs. --The Jakarta Post<\/p>",
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