I feel that there should not be weekly day off for maids, but probably once or twice per month. I feel that too much freedom for these maids might lead to unhealthy consequences. For example, if the maid follows her friends to the casino and gamble, she might lose money. This might lead to a gambling addiction and might result in the maid succumbing to stealing money from her employers. Also, if a maid were given too much freedom, she might think that she is entitled to it. I have sometimes seen maids meeting up at the void deck during the work time just to chat. I feel that this fine but they should not abuse their freedom just to meet up with friends. This might affect their job performance and they might not finish what they were assigned to do on time. Also, with more off days, we might have to still pay them. This is a loss for us as we are paying the maids to help out in the household but not to pay for them to go out with their friends. Imagine if a poor couple hired a maid to take care of their parents and had to work on ends just to pay the maid. Wouldn’t that be unfair to the couple? They have paid for the maid to take care of their parents as they are too busy to do so. I feel that Halimah Yacob should not have suggested the change of legislation as I feel that it is the employer’s choice of giving the amount of off days the maid has. In conclusion, I feel that maids should be given an ample amount of freedom but not an over excessive amount till they digress from their work or adopt a bad habit.
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