Posted by
LILIHK
17 yrs ago
My new helper is trying to convince me that it is the norm for DHs to hang out in and stay overnight in boarding houses on their holidays. Is this true? I don't want to be unreasonable, but I'm not comfortable with the idea.
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If you mean to ask whether it is lawful, the answer is yes. You helper is entitled to 24 contiguous hours of leave every week, during which time she enjoys all the rights and privileges of anyone else in Hong Kong with one exception: she may not work.
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does she expect you to pay for the boarding house on those days? If not, not sure there is much you can do about it. My helper stays out sometimes, she says at her brother's who lives here. If she expects you to pay, i am pretty sure you dont have to!
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actually, pristine2, a helper may work within the 24 hour period if she/he chooses to but the employer cannot compel the helper to work during this leave time.
Lilhk, i don't think it is the norm but some helpers do stay out overnight (Sat or Sun, usually) if they have friends or families in HK and if that is the way they like to spend their time off.
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am pretty sure the helper may not work, unless she is working for her employer, which I gather she does not on her days off? Pretty sure it is illegal, but then you certianly can make your feelings know to the helper about it but cant really do much else, if she decides to work for someone else on that day, she is unlikely to tell you and you are unlikely to find out any other way!
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Talking to my helper, yes it is common for some helpers. Mine often will do it and she says there are a few other that stay overnight to visit their friends. They get together, contribute a few dollars and make meals, watch tv, chat, etc. The Helper in charge of the boardning house sometimes will charge the girls a $25 HK a night.
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Yes, I should have specified that the helper may work on her day off, for her employer only, and only if she is compensated with another day off. She cannot work extra days for money, even for her employer ... that is extra-contractual and illegal, and has resulted in prosecution in Hong Kong, although it's commonplace in practice ... and she cannot work for anyone else. The helper has *every right* to sleep elsewhere on her day off; not the same as her ordinary residence. She can stay at the Peninsula Hotel, a Wanchai flop house, her boyfriend's uncle's flat or anywhere she chooses, and no ... the employer is not obligated to pay for day-off accommodation.
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