Term 3 Week 1 (Blogging Assignment)

In your opinion, should the giving of weekly days off be legislated in Singapore?

Maids come to Singapore in search for employment as they are unable to look for jobs in their hometown. Out of desperation, they have no choice but to come to Singapore in order to look for a job so that they are able to support their family back in their hometown. In order to earn money to be sent back home, maids have to work long hours taking care of their employers home. Taking care of a range of housework ranging from cooking, cleaning and even taking care of the elderly or children. However, these maids left their hometown in order to come here and they have no relatives or friends here, many of them would grow sick and tired of their life in Singapore. I feel that giving weekly days off for maids is a feasible idea but it should be based on each maid's productivity and workrate. If a maid works hard and takes her work seriously she should be more than entitled to taking a day off to relax and make friends. However, this should not be legislated as maids may try to take advantage of this by putting in less effort when doing the household chores but still entitled to the day off. In that light, I feel that employers should have a hand in deciding if a maid should be entitled to a day off. The weekly day offs should be based on a weekly report, if in a particular week the maid did not  put in hard work, the employer should be given the rights to revoke the privilege for that week. This would also serve as an incentive for the maid to work hard in order to get a day off to rest