nayr69sg , as usual, thinks he is damn smart and if you dig up previous threads years ago, he is always there to stir such fallacy about maid hiring and maid salary a
Sure, minimum wage for all workers is necessary, whether locals or foreign workers, but there is an economic trade-off and social trade-off.
To implement minimum wage, there must be a clear distinction between domestic workers and commercial workers. To deny minimum wage by saying that the employer will end up rejecting this because it will be double standard because no family
For a start, to institute minimum wage for domestic workers, which most of you say 'maids', then MOM has to remove the levy that each employer is paying, which is a lot each month by the way. A domestic worker is different from a commercial worker. That is why no employer can hire a domestic worker and gets him or her to work for a business which the employer has, for example.
The domestic worker is a cost. A commercial worker is a cost of sales in a business. Two very different entities.
Next, a domestic worker lives in the home of the family and could have his or her own room or simply put, accommodation. A domestic worker also have all her expenses like food, medical and well-being taken care of by the employer. This is not cheap. A commercial worker, like those on work permits and employment pass pays for their own accommodation, food and transport, etc.
Hence, there is a VERY clear distinction between giving minimum wage to domestic workers and other workers.
Minimum wage also applies to companies hiring Singaporeans, like the cleaners and dishwashers and dispatch riders. To focus on the hypocrisy of employers of domestic works and coming with this broad brush stroke and attempt to make employers who hire domestic works are not in favor of minimum wage for their maids clearly ricks of someone who looks at this matter with an envy eye and superficial thinking.
just a quick point out of your long rambling irrelevant wall of gibberish,theres really no differentiation between "domestic workers" and "commercial workers" other than they happen to live in your homes,it is a unique situation/term created purely out of circumstances as most countries do not have "live in help/maids" unlike singapore since employing such workers or servants or butlers would be out of reach of most households except for the rich.
also the reason that you are providing your maid with accomodation like a broom closet in your house or a bed next to stinking old granny,and food or "medical" yeah right is a pathetic excuse for not paying your "domestic" worker a normal wage just like any other worker.just a cheap attempt at saving cost and saving on your cheaper better faster cheap labour.if your maid was being paid a normal wage like the other "commercial" workers and not that 500 a month bullshit she could be sharing accomodations with 5 other pinoy maids in a hdb flat and not look at your stinkin family's face 24/7 a day and listening to your bullshit.now that would be physical and mental abuse if i have to look at your lanjiao bin after 9 to 5 office hours.
commercial companies dont pay for your food and transport?since when is that?have you ever worked before?there must be a ton of companies out there that provides catering or pantries or even have walk in cafeterias and buffets for their employees.like when i was working at mbs for example,they had a walk in buffet for employees,the food was pretty decent,eastern,western with a salad bar,miles better than tekong or ns cookhouse food and eat all you can,prepared by the same world class hongkie and tiong cooks that cooks for the rest of the hotel and casino,definitely better than the shit that most people feed their maids though i have no idea what is it they do.iv been to poker games in singapore where iv seen the fat fucking owner eat 4,5 times a day and iv never seen the maid eat anything.
and one final question,if you are perfectly alright with excluding maids or domestic workers from the minimum wage like any other workers for whatever goddam reason u can come up with like they are pinoy or indonesia or whatever.tell me why is it do every sinkie gets into a huge fuss and hulabaloo when some rich indian expat living in tanjong rhu advertise that they wish to hire "singaporean" maids at $600 a month(hey 200 bonus and u get to live in their pebble bay condo accomodations!!),why do every sinkie go into a outrage and feel insulted and whatnot like its way belong their dignity?ur a singaporean,should u do your national service and ur part for singaporeans and go wash someone's grandma's ass and clean their toilets for 600 a month?!!!!?
a domestic worker is a cost?a commerical worker is a cost in the sales of business?isnt your household a business on a micro level?your maid looking after your ass and doing shit you should be doing yourself while your free out there to be bringing in truckloads of dough and profit for your family?just like a car is a cost of sales in your "business" to carry your ass to work.