The heavier cost of hiring a maid.

More pay for new Indonesian maids by Saifulbahri Ismail Updated 06:00 AM Jan 19, 2011 SINGAPORE - Indonesian domestic workers will soon cost more as agencies try to get more of them to work in Singapore. MediaCorp has learnt that 17 employment agencies, who are major players in the market, will be increasing the monthly salaries of Indonesian domestic helpers from $380 to $450. The increment will take effect by this week and will only apply... 11 Comments

Is this price-fixing? Letter from Beatrice Tang Updated 06:00 AM Jan 20, 2011 THE report, ''More pay for new Indonesian maids'' (Jan 19), that 17 major employment agencies in Singapore will increase the monthly salaries for Indonesian workers by this week, is alarming. There are more than 600 accredited employment agencies here placing foreign domestic workers. For 17 ''major'' players to come together and fix prices smacks of a... 34 Comments

The new breed of 'aggressor' maid Letter from Angelica Tan Updated 08:45 PM Jan 20, 2011 The article ''Employment Agencies Act Passed'' (Jan 12) stirred up mixed feelings in me and, I am sure, many other employers as well. I especially laud MP Yeo Guat Kwang's suggestion about putting in place a system to allow employment agencies to deduct the agency fees from the foreign domestic worker's monthly salaries without involving their employers. I... 4 Comments

Let two small families share one maid Letter from Gul Arora Updated 12:00 PM Jan 21, 2011 This is with reference to the news of several maid agencies raising the salaries of Indonesian maids. This is the age of small families with only one child. I myself am a single mother with an eight-year-old child. The question here is, do I really need a full-time maid? I do not - and yet, however, I do need someone's help to take my child to school, bring... 9 Comments

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