Hong Kong employers’ group urges domestic helper wage freeze citing poor economy
A Hong Kong employers’ group has called for freezing the minimum salaries of foreign domestic helpers given the economic slowdown, after some unions representing the workers asked for up to a 30 per cent pay rise to HK$6,500 (US$833) a month. Yung Ma Shan-yee, chairwoman of the Hong Kong Employers of Overseas Domestic Helpers Association,…