All About Full-Time Maids

[JHJC]

Dear all,

enough said abt maids.... i just sent mine back. Too tired to tell the long story, it just does not work out.

Anyway, i would like to warn you abt the maid agency.
I have no complaints that i need to pay for the maid food and lodging, $210, which was stated in the contract.
However, this agency is really pushing their luck. They SAID, ITS CNY AND I NEED TO PAY ADDITIONAL $90 to keep her at the agency? :?

I told them on the spot, charge me and i will take you to CASE!.
Its not stated in the contract.

Just when i was on the above conversation, another man stormed in and was shouting at them for not training their maid too. His experienced is worst!

So i guess their standard is very consistent...... poor.. or VERY POOR
They are at Bukit Timah Shopping Centre, the agency name is similar to a famous resturant... LXX GARDEN...( if anyone of you are hiring and wanted to aviod this agency, better PM me first.

[heutistmeintag]

I am just wondering if it’s time we start a sticky on blacklisting maid agencies. We put a summary of complaint counts and complainants in the first post. For example;


XXX agency - 5
aa, bb, cc, dd, ee

For an agency with alot of counts, I think we can quite safely conclude its bad reputation.

[JHJC]

heutistmeintag,

i totally agree with you. This will help us to avoid steping into mine field, which i did!

There is now a part 2 to my previous posting...2 days after i sent the helper back to the agency, the agent called me and said. I have to charge you $10 everyday now for a long term, as your maid has made police report on abuse and you have to pay $10 till the investigation is over :shock:
I was in shock...i asked him , \"You did check she was in one piece when i sent her back right?how come such a thing can happened? is it bcos i do not want to pay you extra $90 for CNY?\" He said its between you,the employer and the maid now, he do not know ?:shock: :shock: :shock:

Before i contact the police, i called MOM to see if they have record of these agency that does churning? like in stocks, in this case, they keep churningng maids. Unfortunately they do not. But i think its doable. They could for example just need to analyse how an agency keep changing employer for the same foreign worker? (anyway, i will call MOM on this again)

So now i basically hv 2 to dos
1) to blacklist the maid- HOW?? :?: (someone can advise here?)
2)take the agency to task

For 2, i was told i do not go to CASE but to AEAS.
Association of Employment Agencies.
aeas.org@gmail.com, Tel 68362618
MUST WRITE IN regards the CNY charges.

Anyway, While i was thinking how come i so unlucky, i was told that i was not alone! This agency has a history of generating maid with such story!
in this month, i am the number 2...
(It Has to be CNY!!!)

This is totally unethical, and unacceptable. How come they can just get away. This agency is also wasting the govt time and money as the police is the one paying the medical examination for no reasons?

I was told the police could not charge the helper even if she is lying?
WHy? Isn't false allegation a form of crime?
Can can they just get away after making me pay for no reasons???

SIGH.....this is really wasting a lot of my previous time. :x
So please, DO NOT STEP IN A MINE FIELD.. which i did.

[JHJC]

Hi all,

i thought i update on my previous posting. As expected, the police has come back and concluded there is no case of abuse! So i thought i could go and get my remainding bond from the agency. Guess wht... i have yet another surprise!
This agency has many many tricks... the agent called me 2 days after he got the report and said the maid would like to go embassy to appeal and if she does that, i will lose my bond and still pay $10everyday for her stay at the embassy till the appeal is over. And i would need to pay for her air ticket back if all are resolve.

I told the police and he was shock too, he said there is no case.
The agency also \"suggest\" other alternatively is to buy a ticket at my expense and send the maid back and forfeit my bond of almost 2K. They are trying all ways to keep the rest of my money.

I feel like giving them a knife and say, please rob me... :stupid: :stupid:
Remember , do not go to Lxx Garden at Bukit Timah Shopping Centre.
Please go tell whoever you know.. in such economy, can you imagine i have to throw $10 everyday for no reason, i think i am better off donating to charity.

[mintcc]

oh no, have you check with MOM what you can do in such cases?


Thanks for alerting us on the agency. Just planning to go Bukit Timah Shopping Centre to source for a new maid tomorrow. Will definitely avoid that one.

[JHJC]

You see the loopholes? The agent saw it… and they directed the show

- for abuse, Police investigate to close off specific case only, so its btw you and maid. Police is aware of their action but could not act on it.Police suggest i terminate the work permit and seek help at MOM.
BUT if i terminate, i would not get a single cents back from agent.

- for embassy, its btw embassy, maid and you. Lxx Garden just want to waste my time, The police will just give the agency the same report.
MOM suggest i go AEAS.

I wonder how long AEAS would act (i will keep all of you updated). It is starting to get ridiculous. I think the relevant authority should start some
regulation to protect us the employers. I saw on paper something ago someone asking the same question. Not too sure the response.

Eg, my fren, the maid left her baby unattended and run to embassy, her story is worse, said the hubby molest her. Lucky for them they hv cctv to prove innocent
My case, i have video evidance too. Imagine wht happened if some of us do not install all these to protect us?
They can sing and dance all the way to the bank.

For that record i have to manage 3 children and all these unnecessary stress .
Its getting a bit riduculous, maybe shld i write to the press and go see MP and highlight this :x :x :x

[JHJC]

To Blue Sky,

you should write to the authority too, same agency, same story, same time, same issues,… only different employer and different maid.
Do not suffer in silence, we have to shout for help. I am sure the KS parents here will support us!

Oh, did i mention, this agency has another company in the east… but i have not got to the name yet. Maybe someone can help.

[tamarind]

JHJC,

Check out this mommy's experience in my blog about maid agencies.

http://singaporemaidagencyreviews.blogspot.com/2008/02/best-helper.html

She went to small claims tribunal. I heard it is no use going to AEAS, they protect the maid agencies.

It is true that employers of FDWs in Singapore are always in the losing end. If you read my blog, you will see more sad stories from other employers.

The only thing we can do is to learn to protect ourselves.

[JHJC]

Anyone here know how to go abt Small Claim Tribunal?


Your advise is greatly appreciated. THANK YOU

Tamarind,
btw, my maids from Lxx Garden are very similar to those mentioned in your link.
Do not brush teeth in morning, do not use pad when having mens, use the same cloth for mopping floor and dinning table :!: , have bad breath due to tooth decay (prior to coming to sgp), not too metioned the blueback on my son etc etc,…i am too tired to remember all these. btw, she is from Philippines…slightly more ex than Indo.

[tamarind]

JHJC,

I don't have experience with small claims tribunals. Perhaps you can read their webpage.

http://app.subcourts.gov.sg/sct/index.aspx

I have many bad maids before, and I have learnt that the only thing I can do is to send them away as soon as possible. I finally found my current maid who is a very good maid, and I am so happy that I did not tolerate all the nonsense of my ex-maids.

There are good maids out there, we just have to keep looking.