The Hong Kong Immigration Department said foreign domestic helpers who are not provided proper accommodation by their employers may file a complaint with the Hong Kong government.
According to a report on the news site Hong Kong News, the Immigration Department issued the statement after migrant workers denounced the “inhumane” living conditions of an Indonesian helper who was made to sleep in a makeshift bed inside the toilet of a popular singer Purple Lee.
The migrant workers also called for the abolition of the policy mandating live-in arrangements for domestic workers in Hong Kong.
Citing an email of the Immigration Department to Hong Kong News, the report said employers are required by law to provide “suitable accommodation and with reasonable privacy.”
If employers fail to provide these, the domestic workers may file complaints with appropriate agencies.
If found guilty, the employers will be liable to prosecution and to a maximum fine of $150,000 and imprisonment for 14 years.
However, Hong Kong News noted that the Immigration Department did not define “suitable accommodation. – VVP, GMA News
September 18 –
International Equal Pay Day
“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
n the Philippines
Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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