Although the government has canceled the circuit breaker mechanism for the Philippines earlier, foreign domestic helpers still need to be quarantined for 21 days when they come to Hong Kong. Regardless of the plane seat or the quarantine position, it is very difficult to afford. Hiring a foreign domestic helper sister is like “passing five hurdles and defeating six generals.” An organization recently announced the results of a survey. Even if the government relaxes travel restrictions for foreign domestic helpers, it cannot meet the large demand for foreign domestic helpers from local families. Employers need to pay higher monthly salaries to hire foreign domestic helpers. As a result, when the government freezes the minimum wage for foreign domestic helpers, foreign domestic helpers will The monthly salary increase for domestic workers was 9.6%.
The average salary is higher than the government minimum wage
The investigation found that since September 2019, the government has frozen the minimum monthly salary at HK$4,630. However, the average actual monthly salary of foreign domestic helpers this year is HK$5,288, while the meal allowance is HK$1,173. Compared with the average monthly salary of foreign domestic helpers in 2019 and 2020, which were 4,765 yuan and 4,825 yuan respectively, their monthly salary has a significant increase of 9.60% from 2020 to 2021, while it only increased by 1.26% from 2019 to 2020, which further highlights the market trend. High salary “robs people”.
