In order to encourage the three-child policy, Shenzhen issued last week the "Action Plan on Promoting Expansion and Quality Improvement of Consumption and Creating New Demand for Consumption (2021-2023)", which mentioned that it will explore pilot projects to introduce foreign domestic helpers, and accelerate the scope of research and implementation and implementation agencies. And service objects, etc.
The mainland has never introduced foreign domestic helpers. Chen Dongfeng, chairman of the Hong Kong Employment Association, pointed out that the monthly salary of black-market foreign domestic helpers in the mainland is 5,000 to 7,000 yuan (equivalent to 5986 to 8,400 Hong Kong dollars), and the requirements for foreign domestic helpers by mainland employers are not as high as those of Hong Kong employers. If the mainland opens up the foreign domestic helper market, it will put a lot of pressure on the Hong Kong market, and the supply of foreign domestic helpers may be tight.
However, the chairman of the Hong Kong Domestic Helper Employers’ Association, Yung Ma Shan-er, said that in order to protect the mainland labor market, the mainland government believes that the threshold for foreign domestic helpers to enter the mainland will be higher, and she believes that the holidays and benefits provided by the Hong Kong labor laws are good. Attractive.
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Mainland media reported that in the latest issue of the "Gazette of the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government" on July 21, the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government issued the "Action Plan on Promoting Consumption Expansion and Quality Improvement to Create New Consumer Demand (2021-2023)" last week. It mentioned that it will explore pilot projects to introduce foreign domestic helpers, and speed up research on the scope of implementation, implementation agencies, and service targets.
The "Plan" has many policies related to childcare and childcare services, including the encouragement of integrated childcare services in kindergartens and so on.
In the past, the supply of "months-in-laws" who take care of babies and novice mothers in the Mainland has been in short supply. The monthly salary of well-known month-in-laws can often reach tens of thousands of yuan.
Therefore, exploring the introduction of foreign domestic helpers on a pilot basis may be related to the earlier opening of the three-child policy in the Mainland and the encouragement of childbirth.
As a result of the epidemic, flights in the Philippines and Indonesia were broken, which affected the domestic domestic helper market.
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The monthly salary of foreign domestic domestic helpers in the black market exceeds HK$6,000
In the past, the mainland has not opened up the introduction of foreign domestic helpers, but the black market has always existed. According to a 2015 report by the mainland official media "Xinhuanet", the number of mainland Filipino domestic helpers reached 100,000. If visa extension services are provided, the monthly salary will be about 5800 yuan. (Contract 6952 Hong Kong dollars).
Chen Dongfeng, chairman of the Hong Kong Employment Association, pointed out that Shenzhen has a large population and a large market. If the introduction of foreign domestic helpers is opened up, it will undoubtedly be a blow to the Hong Kong market.
He said that the monthly salary of foreign domestic helpers in the black market in the Mainland is 5,000 to 7,000 yuan (contracts from HK$5,986 to HK$8,400), and employers in the Mainland do not require foreign domestic helpers like Hong Kong employers, or only require foreign domestic helpers to take care of children or the elderly. Food, cleaning, etc., "no need to kick, if you have to return to professionalism, foreign domestic helpers generally prefer."
He said that the news of the introduction of foreign domestic helpers in the mainland has been circulating for many years, and it has not been really opened up. "If it is opened up, it will directly compete with Hong Kong, and the market pressure will be great."
Chairman Chen Dongfeng of the Hong Kong Employment Union pointed out that if the Mainland really opens up the introduction of foreign domestic helpers, it will definitely have an impact on the Hong Kong market.
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Rong Ma Shaner: Don't mess around, Hong Kong's labor laws are attractive
The chairman of the Hong Kong Domestic Helpers Employers Association, Yung Ma Shan-er, said that Hong Kong people do not need to make a fuss for the time being. In order to protect the mainland labor market, the mainland government believes that the threshold for foreign domestic helpers to enter the mainland is high.
She pointed out that if the mainland is opened up, in order to protect the mainland labor market, the monthly salary of foreign domestic helpers is believed to reach 10,000 yuan (a contract of 11,987 Hong Kong dollars). In other words, it may not be affordable by so many people.
She also gave an example. In the Middle East, foreign domestic helpers are also recruited. However, foreign domestic helpers do not have holidays and will be relatively hard. She said that Hong Kong has more robust labor laws to protect foreign domestic helpers' rest time, and there are also some benefits, which I believe will be attractive.
She also said that in the current epidemic, employers in Hong Kong have scruples about hiring foreign domestic helpers to Hong Kong. I believe that the mainland will not switch off suddenly, so it is recommended that the public "don't mess around for the time being."
Shi Xiyan, the organization secretary of the Asian Domestic Workers Union Federation, said that he had received the news and the union is discussing it, so he will not comment for the time being.
The chairman of the Hong Kong Domestic Helpers Employers Association Yung Ma Shan Yee.
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