Hiring rates for RP maids increased

Hiring rates for RP maids increased

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): It will cost five times more to hire
Filipina maids in Malaysia following government moves to regulate
foreign labor recruitment, news reports said yesterday.

Employers wanting maids from the Philippines would have to pay
a security bond of 5,000 ringgit (US$2,000) from Oct. 1 instead
of the present 1,000 ringgit, The Star daily quoted a top
immigration official as saying.

Under the new regulations, security deposits of employment
agencies had also been doubled to 200,000 ringgit.

Immigration director-general Mohamed Zakri Abdul Rashid said
the increase was also due to problems faced by employers in
sending home maids at the end of their contracts and tighter
control by Manila on employers' responsibilities.