PMI CONSULTATION
ASKING: How should employers pay salaries to domestic workers (PRT)? And, when should employers pay salaries to domestic workers?
ANSWER: Employers are advised to pay wages by check or automatic payment to the domestic worker account. But this must be approved in advance by the domestic worker. If not approved, it is best to pay in cash.
The employer must keep proof of payment of wages, such as bank statements. The employer should also make a receipt for payment of salary and meal allowance and ask the domestic worker to make a receipt for the receipt of these payments.
(An example of a salary receipt by a domestic worker can be made as in image on this article).
Employers must pay salaries to domestic workers at least once a month. Salaries are payable on the last day of payroll. The employer must pay the salary to the domestic worker as soon as possible, not more than 7 days after the end of the salary payment period.
If you wish to change the pay period and date of payment of wages, the employer must notify the domestic worker in advance and pay any amount owed.
For example, domestic workers started work on March 1. If you wish to change the payroll period until it starts on the 16th of each month, the employer must pay off the remaining salary owed for 15 days (i.e. from the 1st to the 15th) first, within 7 days after March 15th, before paying the wages on the payment date. new one in April. [DDHKNews]
Source: A Practical Handbook for Hong Kong's Department of Foreign Service Guides [p. 9-10 / 12]
