KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and Indonesia will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the employment and protection of Indonesian domestic servants (PDI) tomorrow, says Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan.
PETALING JAYA: Employment agencies are demanding an explanation following the delay in the government’s pilot project to recruit 10,000 domestic workers from Indonesia.
PETALING JAYA: After living without a foreign domestic helper for two years, a bank manager is desperate to hire one and does not mind paying the extra charges.
PETALING JAYA: Indonesia and the Philippines remain the top favourite countries to source for domestic helpers despite the availability of seven other countries, and recruitment agencies stress employers must be prepared to fork out a five figure sum to employ a maid.
KUALA LUMPUR: The cost imposed by the government to hire foreign domestic workers for the first time is as low as RM1,136, says Datuk Seri Khairul Dzaimee Daud.