A domestic worker (maid) is a person who works within the employer's household. Domestic workers perform a variety of household services for an individual or a family, from providing care for children and elderly dependents to cleaning and household maintenance, known as housekeeping. Responsibilities may also include cooking, doing laundry and ironing, food shopping and other household errands. Some domestic workers live within the household where they work. The conditions faced by domestic workers have varied considerably throughout history and in the contemporary world. In the course of twentieth-century movements for labour rights, women's rights and immigrant rights, the conditions faced by domestic workers and the problems specific to their class of employment have come to the fore. Most foreign maids in Malaysia are female. Hire’s percentages majority is Indonesian, and other come from Cambodia , Thailand , Philippines , Pakistan , Bangladesh , and others. It is many problems caused by hiring these maids? Why? In my opinion , yes ,there are many problems caused by hiring maids . There are many issue need to face and concern by employer when hiring a foreign maid. First , employer need to make it properly when choosing maid’s agency . Now days, Some greedy agency want to earn more profit , then they used the maids without permission . There are very dangerous and no guarantee so that employer need to consider credibility of agent. With the rise of inflation, commodity prices and the cost of living keep increasing. The cost for hiring a foreign maid it also keep raising. According to the data from 2009 until 2011 show that, the first time payment for hiring maids are increasing 40 %, from RM6,000 increasing until RM 10,000. So that , for a well-off family the total monthly income just around 8 to 9 thousands Ringgits .There are no enough for assume burden to hire a foreign maids. Now days, we can always see
A domestic worker (maid) is a person who works within the employer's household. Domestic workers perform a variety of household services for an individual or a family, from providing care for children and elderly dependents to cleaning and household maintenance, known as housekeeping. Responsibilities may also include cooking, doing laundry and ironing, food shopping and other household errands. Some domestic workers live within the household where they work. The conditions faced by domestic workers have varied considerably throughout history and in the contemporary world. In the course of twentieth-century movements for labour rights, women's rights and immigrant rights, the conditions faced by domestic workers and the problems specific to their class of employment have come to the fore. Most foreign maids in Malaysia are female. Hire’s percentages majority is Indonesian, and other come from Cambodia , Thailand , Philippines , Pakistan , Bangladesh , and others. It is many problems caused by hiring these maids? Why? In my opinion , yes ,there are many problems caused by hiring maids . There are many issue need to face and concern by employer when hiring a foreign maid. First , employer need to make it properly when choosing maid’s agency . Now days, Some greedy agency want to earn more profit , then they used the maids without permission . There are very dangerous and no guarantee so that employer need to consider credibility of agent. With the rise of inflation, commodity prices and the cost of living keep increasing. The cost for hiring a foreign maid it also keep raising. According to the data from 2009 until 2011 show that, the first time payment for hiring maids are increasing 40 %, from RM6,000 increasing until RM 10,000. So that , for a well-off family the total monthly income just around 8 to 9 thousands Ringgits .There are no enough for assume burden to hire a foreign maids. Now days, we can always see