Reports by FAZLEENA AZIZ, ASHLEY TANG and CHAN MAY THENG
KUALA LUMPUR: It can be ultimate if the recruitment charge to rent an Indonesian maid might be decrease than RM15,000, however native maid companies are uncertain that this may be achieved.Industry gamers responded sceptically to a press release by Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan that the price to rent a maid from the Malaysian recruitment’s finish would fall from RM9,000 to RM6,000 per maid.
Saravanan additionally foresees Indonesian recruitment counterparts decreasing their present fees of RM4,000 to RM5,000 for every maid.
He stated the primary batch of maids from Indonesia totalling about 10,000 individuals was anticipated to reach within the nation after Hari Raya Aidilfitri.Association of Employment Agencies Malaysia vice-president Suresh Tan questioned whether or not the value to herald a maid might be lowered by such a drastic quantity.
Before the pandemic, Tan stated Indonesian brokers have been promoting every maid’s biodata for between RM10,000 and RM12,000.
He believed the value of every Indonesian maid’s biodata was now anticipated to extend as prices had risen because of Covid-19 testing procedures.
“Whenever the price goes up, it hardly ever comes down. Once it goes up, it goes up because there will always be takers.
“Pricing is not in the hands of the Malaysian agencies. It is from the supply country,” he stated when contacted yesterday.
Tan referred to as on Saravanan to present a clearer breakdown of the price of hiring a maid, including that there have been two main components to the method – the costs by the Indonesian recruitment brokers and the fees imposed by the native maid hiring companies.
There are additionally government-imposed fees within the bundle.
Tan stated Saravanan couldn’t merely announce that the price of hiring a maid from the Malaysian aspect would fall from RM9,000 to RM6,000.
He additionally expressed disbelief that 10,000 maids can be coming into the nation after Hari Raya when the net system to submit purposes for maids was not prepared.
“I don’t know where the minister got the data from but as far as we are concerned, all our members are in a dilemma because the online system is not even ready,” he stated.
National Association of Human Resources Malaysia (Pusma) president Zarina Ismail was additionally uncertain that the recruitment charge might be decrease than RM15,000.
“It does not seem to be a realistic number. We hope it can come true as mentioned by the minister, but we will wait for further discussions with our Indonesian counterpart using this statement.
“We want the ministry to prove that the number is viable for the recruitment of a domestic worker. I don’t see this figure based on our discussion with the Indonesian agencies,” she added.
According to a supply, there’s a clause within the lately signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Malaysia and Indonesia stating that any extra price can nonetheless be added to the price of hiring a home employee.
When requested about home staff coming into the nation after Hari Raya, Zarina was not assured of the arrival timeline as a result of the large quantity of preparation – such because the issuance of job orders from Malaysia to Indonesia – had not even taken place.
Meanwhile, Malaysian Maid Employers Association (Mama) president Engku Ahmad Fauzi Engku Muhsein stated the discount from RM9,000 to RM6,000 was solely possible if an employer obtained a home employee on his personal.
“If they allow individuals to do it by themselves, the fee seems reasonable. But we still do not know what the Indonesian agencies are coming up with.
“In terms of the RM7,000 household income condition, I think the majority of Malaysians cannot afford a helper. You have to understand that they are providing food, lodging and salary for them, so there is a lot of cost involved,” he stated.
On whether or not the home staff have been more likely to come into Malaysia after Hari Raya, Engku Ahmad stated that was a query solely the federal government might reply.
