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by prekha2005 » Wed, 22 Jun 2011 5:06 pm
Thanks for the info! I have not employed her yet and after knowing that it is illegal, I would rather manage on my own, than fall into any sort of potential trouble!
On the other hand, Singapore seems to have made it very difficult and very expensive for anyone to employ domestic helpers!
I was earlier in Hongkong (which by all means, is a far more expensive place to live) and the domestic helpers were so readily available and quite, quite resonable! Most of them took anything between SGD 4.50 to SGD 6 per hour and were plentiful in number!
Here, it seems that the goverment has done its best to discourage people from employing domestic help (A good thing in one way) by putting in so many terms and conditions and making the whole thing so expensive!
What would be then the best way to employ a part-time helper? Through an agency? Or get hold of an independent PR / Singaporean working as a domestic helper?