New bill for house helper salary

[samsungster]

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MANILA, Philippines – A bill has been filed in the House of Representatives pegging the salary of maids at no less than P3,500 for those employed in Metro Manila, P3,000 for those in chartered cities and first-class municipalities, and P2,000 in other lower-class municipalities.

They would also be entitled to 13th-month pay equivalent to a month’s salary.
House Bill 1816, or the Magna Carta of Household Helpers, according to its author, DIWA partylist Representative Emmeline Aglipay, would increase the protection for household helps, which “has been grossly insufficient.”

Aglipay said house helpers “cater to many of our most basic needs and care not only for our own well-being, but that of our children. . . . No other vocation so embodies the virtue of service as that of the household helper….”

Under the bill, the upped compensation would be on top of the free lodging, food and medical attendance.

Household helpers should also be covered by the Social Security System and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, according to the bill.

Their normal working hours should not exceed 10 hours a day, exclusive of breaks of one hour each for breakfast, lunch and dinner. They should also entitled to one day of rest every week.

All household helpers who have rendered one year of service would be entitled to an annual 14-day vacation leave with pay.

Female helpers who have rendered an aggregate length of service of two years or more would be entitled to maternity leave in accordance with the provisions of the Social Security Act. Male helpers would be entitled to seven-day paternity leave.

Employers, according to the bill, should also give house helps who are 18 years old or above the opportunity to pursue education, provided they shoulder the cost.

New bill for house helps filed - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

[ritsche villadolid]

mahala na sa helper

[mata_hari]

malipay jud ako yaya ani dah. plus naa na jud siya daan SSS>

[jd_cellphone]

malipay na si boy ani if ang helper girl.
kun ang helper boy pud..aw nguyab daghan maid..


bitaw maayo ni nga bill...

[jntio]

maau nuon para uniform ang sweldo

[necrotic freak]

sugod nani pang lay off kadtong daghan helper sa balay..

[masterjanuarius]

Ang malipay ani, ang mga mga manguyab ug katabang .. hehe .. Masubo ang mga helper, kay mawad-an sila ug trabaho .. di maka afford ang 60% nga dunay katabang ngari sa pilipinas ... hinuon, one good thing: wala nay tapulan, tanan na mag laba, luto ug limpyo.

Another nga malipay ani? ang mga utility services ug laundry shops .. sila na may kuhaon para sa laba ug limpyo!

Ang ako mga katabang hagbay ra nuon nga duna silay sss, philhealth ug pag-ibig, plus annual vacation. gamay nga tabang sa dakong serbisyo sa amua...

[peewee_toot]

it's time to be independent...

[masterjanuarius]

it's time to be independent...

Yah .. I think it should be .. this Bill will send thousands to the "unemployed brigade" of this country! There should be a level ground for this. Otherwise, the good "honorable" should also make plans how to give jobs for those who will be licensed by their employers because of his Bill.

[happy_chique]

di nalang ko magkuha maid oi.. mo resign nalang ko, ako nalang pa maid sa amo... hehehe