In order to reduce the pressure after childbirth, novice mothers will hire confinement attendants to assist with postpartum daily living, eating and taking care of their newborn babies.
The Consumer Council inspected 19 companies and organizations that provide confinement services in the market and found that they do not have a unified definition of the qualifications of confinement confinement workers. A company who spends more than 4 confinement confinement services is called a "senior" confinement confinement worker and charges a higher fee. There are also companies that have to stay more than 30 times in a month to be considered senior.
Some intermediary companies confessed to the Consumer Council that the so-called gold or ace confinement is only a "fictional title," and there is no objective standard.
The Consumer Council also found that two confinement agencies or training institutions did not have a license or exemption certificate. The Labour Department told the Consumer Council that it had followed up on the relevant situation.
Consumer Council: It is difficult to judge the experience of the confinement attendant based on the qualification level described by the confinement company
The Consumer Council has reviewed 19 confinement agencies or agencies. Most of them charge according to the number of confinement confinement confinement workers. However, the "senior" criteria vary greatly among companies.
According to the Consumer Council, it is difficult for consumers to directly judge the specific experience of the confinement attendant based on the seniority level described by the confinement company.
Senior definitions vary between rooms, taking care of 4 or more than 50 are all called senior
Among them, the nursing professional nursing service company called the confinement attendants who had cared for 4 or more babies as senior, and the fee was about 22,000 yuan; "Tian Ming Confinement Co., Ltd." would be regarded as senior only if they had cared for more than 20 babies. Confinement attendants charge a fee of 28,000 to 30,000 yuan; the "Mother and Child Health Association Co., Ltd." requires more than 50 to be called "senior."
If you need to cook ginger vinegar on behalf of the confinement worker before the start of work, each company charges from 500 to 2,000 yuan.
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Some companies charge additional administrative fees or consultant fees up to RMB 6,800
The 7 confinement companies will also charge additional administrative fees or consulting fees after successfully introducing suitable confinement workers to employers, ranging from 1,000 yuan to 6,800 yuan.
The services and additional service charges provided by various companies are different. For example, 9 companies require employers to provide benefits for confinement attendants on the first day of work and the end of work, and only 5 intermediary companies’ fees include For labor insurance, employers need to purchase additional insurance on their own.
Yan Oi Tong's confinement service does not have a license or an exemption letter. The Labour Department has contacted for follow-up
The Consumer Council quoted the Labour Department’s reply that it failed to issue employment agency licenses or exemption certificates to the "FairyLand Female Care Centre" and "Ren Oi Tong Confinement Service." The service involves seeking employment on behalf of someone, and must obtain an employment agency license or certificate of exemption.
The confinement package is the most expensive, and the most expensive income is 26 thousand.
In recent years, confinement centers or hotel confinement packages are also emerging. The cost is relatively high, ranging from 63,800 to 268,000, with 26 to 30 nights calculated.
According to the Consumer Council, there are two packages that provide only 8 hours of confinement service per day, not 24 hours support, including 26 nights at 138,800 yuan, the Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel City View Room package provided by Tianen Confinement Service Company. And 30 nights charge from RMB 83,888 to RMB 93,888, a package of luxury rooms at the Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel provided by the Love Baby Center.
Some packages are not even one-to-one exclusive confinement services, 7 packages only provide on-duty services, and 3 companies have indicated that confinement attendants adopt the editing system.
The Consumer Council recommends that consumers understand clearly the service form and details of the confinement package.
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