Term 3 Week 1 (Blogging Assignment)

Maids come to Singapore to earn more money to support their families back home, who are not as fortunate as us in terms of finance. Hence, they tend to work harder. For these maids, I think that a weekly day off is fair because they are working 7 days a week, everyday working from morning to night. Personally, my maid cooks most of my meals, does the laundry, and cleans the house. Because she has done so much, I think that she deserves the day off. However, other Singapore employers may think that their maid has done a sloppy job, and is not happy to give them a day off every week. I think that they would be dissatisfied if the weekly day off policy is legislated. Hence, this is a very debatable subject. On one side are those maids who earned their day off, and the other side is the maids who do a slipshod job and take the day off. Hence, I think that if the policy is to be implemented, employers should have a choice to appeal to the agency to take away this privilege if the maid seems like she does not deserve it. Another suggestion that I have is to change the policy to a day off every 2-4 weeks, depending on the employer. The employer has to give a day off at least once a month, and can choose to give more if the maid deserves it.