About:
Hong Kong has around 335,500 migrant domestic workers (Apr 2015) and around 50,000 local domestic workers.
The migrant domestic workers are mostly live-in full time workers. Local domestic workers are working on part-time or short-contract base with multiple employers.
Domestic workers (local or migrants) are recognized as workers by law. They are protected under major labour laws such us Employment Ordinance (Ch. 57), Employees’ Compensation Ordinance (Ch. 282), Trade Unions Ordinance (Ch. 332).
For Local Domestic Workers:
Hong Kong Domestic Workers General Union established Standard Contract for part-time domestic workers and post-natal carers:
For Part-time domestic workers
Standard Contract in English
Standard Contract in Chinese 家務助理僱傭合約
Hong Kong Employees Retraining Board who is providing training and job placement service for local domestic workers has establish
a sample on salary record >>
For Post-natal carers
Standard Contract in English
Standard Contract in Chinese 家務助理僱傭合約
For post-natal carers, usually the workers are hired for one month during the pregnancy of employers. In the post-natal carers contract which will be signed between employers and workers long before the start of the work, a deposit is to be paid by employers at the time of signing of contracts.
In case the employers do not need the worker any more after their labour day when post-natal carers are supposed to start working, the deposit money will be a compensation for workers for the loss of job/income.
For Migrant Domestic Workers:
It is an immigration policy for employers and their workers to sign the Standard Contract (I.D. 407) before the workers come to Hong Kong or start working in Hong Kong.
The Standard Contract is signed in either Chinese or English. The Contract is translated into various languages:
View or download in PDF
English
http://www.fdh.labour.gov.hk/res/pdf/2017_SEC_Eng.pdf
Chinese
http://www.fdh.labour.gov.hk/res/pdf/2017_SEC_Chinese.pdf
Tagalog
http://www.fdh.labour.gov.hk/res/pdf/2017_SEC_Tagalog.pdf
Thai
http://www.fdh.labour.gov.hk/res/pdf/2017_SEC_Thai.pdf
Bahasa Indonesian
http://www.fdh.labour.gov.hk/res/pdf/2017_SEC_Indonesian.pdf
Bahasa Malay (old version)
http://www.fdh.labour.gov.hk/res/pdf/SEC_Malay.pdf
Nepali (old version)
http://www.fdh.labour.gov.hk/res/pdf/SEC_Nepali.pdf
Hindi (old version)
http://www.fdh.labour.gov.hk/res/pdf/SEC_Hindi.pdf
Sinhala
http://www.fdh.labour.gov.hk/res/pdf/2017_SEC_Sinhala.pdf
- More information regarding the stipulations and information on migrant domestic workers can be found in http://www.fdh.labour.gov.hk/en/home.html
- Contact IDWF affiliate in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Federation of Asian Domestic Workers Unions (FADWU) for more information:
Tel: +852 2770 8668
Fax: +852 2770 7388
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.fadwu.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/fadwu/
References:
- Code of Practice for Employment Agencies (update: 13 January 2017)
The CoP consists of five chapters and eight appendices, Of which Chapter 3 lists out the salient legislative requirements that EA licensees must follow, while Chapter 4 sets out the minimum standards which the Commissioner for Labour (C for L) expects from EA licensees in operating their businesses. Some of the standards are particularly relevant to EAs providing placement services for foreign domestic helpers (FDHs). Chapter 5 and the appendices, on the other hand, provide sample forms and some useful reference materials to facilitate EAs in complying with the requirements and standards set out in the CoP.
- Employment Agencies Portal (www.eaa.labour.gov.hk)
It is a website dedicated to provide members ofthe public, including EA operators/staff, FDHs, employers and job-seekers
in general, with ready access to updated information related to EAs. By using the built-in search function of the Portal, members of the public can easily search for particulars of all EAs with valid licences throughout Hong Kong.
