Customs today (28th) arrested a 42-year-old female employee at an employment agency company in the Hollywood Commercial Centre in Mong Kok. She was suspected of making a false claim to an employer that the results of the medical examination she was preparing for employment were all normal, and she refused to Provided the relevant medical examination report, but the employer obtained the relevant medical examination report only after the foreign domestic helper was employed and worked at the employer's home for a period of time, and learned that the foreign domestic helper tested positive for some infectious virus, which caused great distress to the employer , the intermediary company is suspected of violating the Trade Descriptions Regulations.
A 42-year-old female employee of an employment agency in the Hollywood Commercial Centre in Mong Kok was arrested for violating the Trade Descriptions Ordinance.
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Senior Inspector Tse Tsz-chung of the First Section of Customs Unfair Business Practices Investigation said that Customs received a report earlier that a female employee of an employment agency in Mong Kok made false claims to customers that the domestic helper she planned to hire had all the results of the medical examination. normal, not consistent with the facts.
Since the victim attaches great importance to the health of family members, when hiring a foreign domestic helper to sign a contract with an intermediary company, the female employee involved in the case requires the foreign domestic helper's medical examination results to be OK before hiring.
Afterwards, the victim asked the foreign domestic helper about the medical examination results many times, and the female staff replied that there was no problem, and refused to provide the medical examination report for the victim to check for various reasons.
When the foreign domestic helper came to Po and worked at the victim's home for a period of time, the victim obtained the relevant medical report. The report stated that the foreign domestic helper tested positive for some infectious virus, which was different from the female staff's claim, which greatly troubled the victim. Fortunately, the host family has not been infected by the virus.
After investigation, the Customs arrested a 42-year-old female employee involved in the case and seized a batch of documents related to the case from an employment agency.
Xie Zicong said that under the influence of the epidemic, the supply of foreign domestic helpers is very tight, and it is even "hard to find a single domestic helper". Many employers are anxious to hire foreign domestic helpers. He calls on employers to ask for details and carefully read the contract terms when purchasing services. Before signing the contract, due to the different work requirements of foreign domestic helpers in different families, the employer needs to clearly express the requirements to the intermediary company and write it down in the contract terms and conditions, and can follow up when necessary.
If you find any violation of the Trade Descriptions Regulations, you can report it to the customs as soon as possible.
