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CHANGES
1. Monthly salary: From RM800, it will go up to RM900.
2. No deductions from the salaries of the maids to cover certain initial costs incurred by their hiring of the maids.
This starts to look appealing!
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Indonesian maids to get RM900, says report
Indonesian maids to get RM900, says report http://bit.ly/1M6JI1j
Employers will now have to pay RM900 in monthly salary for Indonesian maids, The Star reported today.
Indonesia’s deputy ambassador to Malaysia Hermono reportedly said that this rate could be increased again to RM1,000, although he did not say when this would happen.
He said, however, that an Indonesian government agency had written to the embassy requesting for the increase.
The agency also requested in their October 15 letter for the embassy not to allow employers to make deductions from the salaries of the maids, where currently employers are allowed to deduct RM1,800 from the wages, which is the sum paid by the employers in advance to cover certain initial costs incurred by their hiring of the maids, the report said.
The report also quoted the Malaysian National Association of Employment Agencies as saying that its 270 members were in a bind given Indonesia’s unilateral decision to set the minimum salary.
“Our members are having a headache trying to figure out what to do, because if we don’t adhere to Indonesia’s decision, we will not be able to bring in any maids.
“We hope the government can decide on the matter as soon as possible,” said association president Datuk Raja Zulkepley Dahalan, according to the report.
He also raised concerns that the cost to hire an Indonesian maid would rise if employers were not allowed to recover from the maid’s salary, the RM1,800 they paid in advance, the report said.
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