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The agent told us that $550 is the market rate for an experienced Myanmar maid so we were okay with it. But on the day of signing contract, we were surprised about the additional payment in lieu of Sunday. Perhaps if we knew about this earlier, we may have reconsidered taking this particular...

Hi, thanks for yr comments. I think we have no choice coz agent also told us that it will be better if we give the maid what she wants. If not, could be attitude problems later.

The contract just states salary as $550 pm. But the contract states we need to pay extra $20 in lieu of sunday. We dun have young children & not at home on sundays so we are willing to let maid take off. But she insist that she only wants one Sunday off & pay her extra $60 or $80 pm.

Actually we were not informed by the agent about the $20 off day until the day we signed the agent contract. So we asked the agent to tell the maid that we prefer that she take off on Sunday. But the maid insisted we pay the $20 when she came to Singapore. So no choice but to pay since it is the...

Hi, I have just hired a Myanmar maid. Her salary per month is $550. We actually wanted her to take Sundays off as we are usually not at home. However, we were told by agent that she only wants one Sunday off and we have to pay her an additional $20 for each Sunday. Seems like as an employer we...

Hi, I have just hired a Myanmar maid. Her salary per month is $550. We actually wanted her to take Sundays off as we are usually not at home. However, we were told by agent that she only wants one Sunday off and we have to pay her an additional $20 for each Sunday. Seems like as an employer we...

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