Cabinet to discuss mandatory insurance for maids
Source:
The Star,
25th August 2007
The implementation
of mandatory insurance for foreign maids will be discussed at the next
Cabinet meeting with a view to enable th
e premium to be paid with the
levy for the maid.
Home Affairs
Minister Datuk Seri Radzi Sheikh Ahmad said this would mean any maid who
entered the country legally would automatically be insured.
“We want to be able
to ‘catch’ all the maids as soon as they arrive so that they have extra
protection,” he said.
Two weeks ago, the
Malaysian Association of Foreign Housemaids said insurance would be
mandatory for maids hired through their members.
However, Radzi said
it would be difficult for the association to implement it to cover every
maid as not all agencies were members of the association.
He urged the
association to get all the maid agencies under its umbrella, adding that
his ministry would be moving towards only recognising agencies that were
members.
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