Since yesterday (26th), the Hong Kong government has relaxed the quarantine arrangement for arriving passengers to "0+3", which will also benefit foreign domestic helpers whose salaries have been "highly fired" during the epidemic.
Chen Dongfeng, chairman of the Hong Kong Employment Association, said in a radio program today (27th) that the new quarantine arrangement is of great help to the foreign domestic helper agency industry. Employers no longer have to pay huge sums of money to arrange quarantine hotels for workers arriving in Hong Kong. The number of foreign domestic helpers has also increased, and the backlog of cases has been almost completed. As for the salary level of foreign domestic helpers, which was about $6,000, which was the highest in April, it has dropped by nearly 20% to about $5,000.
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Chen Dongfeng said on the RTHK program this morning that the implementation of the "0+3" entry quarantine arrangement will help the entire employment agency industry. Employers will no longer have to pay huge sums of money to arrange quarantine hotels for workers and nucleic acid tests before arriving in Hong Kong. And then rob workers in the Hong Kong market and increase the willingness of Hong Kong people to hire foreign domestic helpers.
The current salary level of foreign domestic helpers has also dropped from 6,000 to 6,500 yuan in April to 5,000 to 5,300 yuan, a drop of more than 16%.
Chen Dongfeng, chairman of the Hong Kong Employment Association.
(File photo/Photo by Huang Shuhui)
Chen also pointed out that under the new arrangement, it is estimated that 30% to 40% of employers will still arrange for foreign domestic helpers to stay in hotels or guesthouses for medical surveillance in the first three days after arriving in Hong Kong. Greatly reduced.
Other employers will arrange for foreign domestic helpers to go home first: "Usually they are placed in housing enterprises. Of course, they have basic conditions. That is, the housing enterprises are relatively spacious and workers have their own place, which is convenient for observation or prevention in case of infection." He said. It is also reminded that foreign domestic helpers can work immediately after arriving in Hong Kong, but if the employer decides to arrange for them to go to the hotel for medical surveillance first, they will still have to pay their salaries.
The time to apply for a foreign domestic helper to come to Hong Kong is shortened to two to two and a half months
Many employed foreign domestic helpers are unable to come to Hong Kong due to restricted flights and quarantine arrangements, resulting in a serious backlog of cases.
Chen Dongfeng said that since the reopening of Hong Kong in April, he believes that the backlog of cases has been cleared. It’s not a large number.” He estimates that it only takes two to two and a half months to hire a foreign domestic helper, which is much shorter than eight or nine months earlier. The procedure is smoother, which can further increase the supply of foreign domestic helpers.
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