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Latest post on 14 January 2011 - 20:21

What would be the rule of thumb for employment T&Cs for a live-in maid?

Monthly wage including food
Flights home - how often?
How much holiday per year?
Health/life insurance/3rd party insurance?

Any comments about reasonable duties beyond cleaning and laundry - for example, cooking, dog walking that sort of thing?

We are a family of 5 (not small children) and she would have one day off per week and not have much babysitting to do; is a 12 hour day reasonable? i.e. on duty at 6am off at 6pm, but emtpy house all day so could do split shifts of 6 - 1030am and 2pm - 630pm which means middle part of day hers to do with as she wishes.

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Latest post on 15 January 2011 - 07:52

The whole point of having a maid is that it makes your life easier in the areas where you need her contribution. So you should discuss the working hours with her - I see nothing wrong with the ones you are suggesting. What is the point having her sitting at home with no work and then her off free when you actually need her? But do discuss everything rom the beginning so that you do not have issues later. My maid also seems to have a long day as she starts at 7am and finishes at 6pm but has several hours off during the day. So she does not work even 8 hours a day. In terms of your other questions, you can ask her to perform the duties you need her to be doing. The ones you have mentioned are perfectly fine for a maid to do, and you should think of everything you could utilise her with and structure your plans. We give our maid a flight home once a year and a one month paid leave. However she does not always want to take it and rather wants to save her money in which case we pay her the equivalent of a flight ticket plus 13th month salary. Our maid gets paid 1800 a month but uptil recently we paid her 1500. And on top of this we buy her food as well. Our maid does not have a health insurance -she has the government health card like most laids - not a lot of people have gotten a private insurance for their maids but iI have seen people discuss this also on the forum so maybe more people are looking into it. I have considered it as an extra benefit but we have not yet investigated any companies or costs.

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Latest post on 15 January 2011 - 00:54

When you sponsor maid as Clairedph has already said you both sign the Contract and the terms and conditions are already set out therein. It's best to do what suits you really as the end of the day she is under your sponsorship. You employ her to help you. Personally I think everyone who works in Dubai does a 12 hour day!

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Latest post on 14 January 2011 - 22:11

What would be the rule of thumb for employment T&Cs for a live-in maid? Monthly wage including food Flights home - how often? How much holiday per year? Health/life insurance/3rd party insurance? Any comments about reasonable duties beyond cleaning and laundry - for example, cooking, dog walking that sort of thing? We are a family of 5 (not small children) and she would have one day off per week and not have much babysitting to do; is a 12 hour day reasonable? i.e. on duty at 6am off at 6pm, but emtpy house all day so could do split shifts of 6 - 1030am and 2pm - 630pm which means middle part of day hers to do with as she wishes. Do what you want and what fits best for your family. Nothing wrong with the working hours.

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Latest post on 14 January 2011 - 21:55

You will be given a Domestic Workers Employment contract for the sponsor and employee to sign and this details all the terms and conditions ie salary, annual flight home, 1 month paid holiday etc Another poster mentioned that a neighbor's maid's contract was written in English & Arabic (one language on each side) and there was a slight discrepancy in one of the terms (like no. of working days being 5 vs. 6 or something similar). Is it the case that whatever is written on the Arabic side is what stands? I'm pretty sure DH's labor contract is in English and Arabic, but understand it's the Arabic one that actually counts. I know MOL and DNRD is different...but wondering what the case is here? Arabic is the official language here so Arabic wins; the English is just for our convenience. IN everything. <em>edited by Izzy99 on 14/01/2011</em>

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Latest post on 14 January 2011 - 21:54

If you re-read my post I am saying that she does 4.5 hours in the morning and 4 hours in the evening. I am out 7 til 430 working and need some one home for the kids after school there will be babysitting very very rarely so I am not asking for 12 hour day !!! I have to work but won't have my children home alone because I can't be there :-(

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Latest post on 14 January 2011 - 21:29

Simpleasabc I think you are not alone in this situation and even though some people may have a maid they may not afford other things but need a maid to help the household manage it will depend on where there needs are. There are many here where money does not appear to be an issue but who knows ? One constantly hears comments from people who are small minded and thoughtless.A maid may be a luxury for one family but essential for survival for another family. Here's to the situation improving for everyone over the coming year and wise one takes a job because it is better than no job at all. Wish they could really teach that to younger generations. Times are tough !

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Latest post on 14 January 2011 - 21:14

We're struggling financially and are here because a job is better than no job. Even if we wanted to sponsor a housemaid, which we don't, fortunately, we couldn't afford to. This saving on taxes to pay school fees lark is killing us financially, and setting up has not been cheap. So for us, Dubai is a hardship posting but is not paid as such, so we couldn't pay a housemaid a better than average wage even if we wanted to. Financial benefits of living in Dubai, my backside. <em>edited by simpleasabc on 14/01/2011</em>

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Latest post on 14 January 2011 - 21:06

You will be given a Domestic Workers Employment contract for the sponsor and employee to sign and this details all the terms and conditions ie salary, annual flight home, 1 month paid holiday etc Another poster mentioned that a neighbor's maid's contract was written in English & Arabic (one language on each side) and there was a slight discrepancy in one of the terms (like no. of working days being 5 vs. 6 or something similar). Is it the case that whatever is written on the Arabic side is what stands? I'm pretty sure DH's labor contract is in English and Arabic, but understand it's the Arabic one that actually counts. I know MOL and DNRD is different...but wondering what the case is here?

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Latest post on 14 January 2011 - 20:55

12 hour day? Sorry, but even with 4 boys at home the maid wasn't expected to put in 12 hours (would you?). She was available for the pre bus/breakfast period to up to maybe noon time (cleaning, washing ironing, dishes, etc) and after 5pm to maybe latest 7 pm for help with the boys and washing dishes. This is for 5.5 days a week Of course there was some child minding as well and baby sitting in the evenings but by mutual agreement and previous arrangement with 1.5 days off, annual ticket and 1 month leave. While I don't work full time 8 - 5, I don't expect that from my maid unless I am compensating her for the extra hours, after all = I get medical tickets housing and holidays from my employer. I would expect OT for anything more than 8 hrs/day 40/hrs per week. However, I expect to be jumped on for this as "they are so much better off than they are in their home country" isn't that the reason we're all here?

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Latest post on 14 January 2011 - 20:37

You will be given a Domestic Workers Employment contract for the sponsor and employee to sign and this details all the terms and conditions ie salary, annual flight home, 1 month paid holiday etc

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