ni Jasmin Joy Evangelista | December 13, 2021
Sa kabila ng COVID-19 pandemic, tumaas pa ang buwanang sahod ng mga Filipino household service workers (HSWs) sa Hong Kong, ayon sa online survey ng HelperPlace-HK shows.
Nasa 92% ng 12,501 foreign HSWs na sumailalim sa interview mula January 2021 to December 2021 ay pawang mga Pinoy.
"In 2021, the average actual monthly salary for a foreign domestic helper is HK$5,288 (P34,132.96). The average monthly salary for 2019 and 2020 are $4,765 (P30,757.10) and $4,825 (P31,144.39), respectively. It reveals a significant annual increase of 9.60% from 2020 to 2021 compared to only 1.26% from 2019 to 2020," saad ni community head Mark Silva ng HelperPlace.
Nangyari ito sa kabila ng pag-freeze ng gobyerno ng Hong Kong sa minimum monthly salary sa HK$4,630 (P29,885.70), dahil sa travel restrictions na nagdulot sa shortage ng overseas helpers.
"The struggle to book quarantine rooms for helpers due to its limited number, the long process, and the fees for quarantine hotel and food of HK$15,000 (P96,821.92) to hire an overseas helper push employers to find other solutions. As a result, employers have a preference for hiring foreign domestic helpers who are already settled in Hong Kong."
Napag-alaman din sa survey na tumataas ang sahod ng isang HSW depende sa years of experience nito; majority sa kanila ay nagtatrabaho nang higit 12 oras kada araw; karamihan ay mayroong libreng pagkain sa pinapasukan; at mayroon pa ring HSWs na living-out kahit ipinagbabawal ito ng batas.
“Based on the survey, the hiring channel is one of the important factors for salary. The average salary ranks lowest for the agency ($4,683 or P30,227.80), then online platform ($5,393 or P34,810.71), and highest for employer referral with $5,418 (P34,972.08).”
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