The Legislative Council yesterday (20th) passed a member's motion calling for strengthening the regulation of foreign domestic helper agencies. The New Democratic Party Legislative Council member Chan Ka-pei, who proposed the motion, said on a radio program this morning that the current standard employment contract for foreign domestic helpers has been used for 40 years. Insufficient protection for employers, some foreign domestic helpers, after listening to the instigation of unscrupulous agents, appear to be "fighting for speculation" and try to "jump work" in exchange for a more comfortable working environment or higher wages.
She believes that the source of the problem lies in the lack of regulation of foreign domestic helper agencies, and suggested that the government requires foreign domestic helper agents to take exams or participate in training courses, etc., to improve the quality of foreign domestic helpers.
Chen Jiapei pointed out that after the outbreak of the epidemic, it was difficult for foreign domestic helpers to come to Hong Kong, which led to more employers paying high prices to hire foreign domestic helpers who were already working in Hong Kong, which intensified the situation of "job skipping" of foreign domestic helpers.
She said that the authorities are mainly fighting "job skipping" in law enforcement, but the source of the problem lies in the lack of regulation of foreign domestic helper agencies. The threshold for working as a foreign domestic helper agency in Hong Kong is low, and there is almost no threshold, resulting in mixed agencies. She urged the authorities to increase the number of foreign domestic helper agencies. threshold, requiring intermediary exams and attendance at training courses.
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