Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Yang Yu-hsin (楊玉欣) yesterday called for a review of a regulation that requires employers of foreign caretakers to wait for six months from the date that a runaway caretaker is reported to the authorities before they can apply to hire a new caretaker.
Yang, a KMT legislator-at-large suffering from Miyoshi myopathy — a rare genetic disorder in which muscle fibers do not function properly, resulting in muscular weakness — made the appeal at a press conference after her caretaker allegedly disappeared on Feb. 29 without any notice.
At the press conference, Yang raised a series of allegations against her Indonesian caretaker, who had worked for her since August last year.
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Yang said the caretaker repeatedly lied to her family, violated working rules, was unwilling to help her with daily activities and falsely accused her husband of pushing against her.
Yang said she made the case public because the caretaker’s actions had caused her many inconveniences and also caused misunderstandings about her treatment of the caretaker.
The caretaker left when none of her family members was at home, Yang said.
“The last thing I told her was that I wanted her to help me go to the toilet, but I waited for two hours and she did not appear. Luckily there was a cellphone nearby, so I could call for help,” she said.
Yang said she was informed by the labor broker concerned that the caretaker had filed a complaint that she had often been beaten by Yang’s husband.
The broker then decided to help the caretaker find a new employer.
The caretaker agreed to be transferred to a new employer early last month, Yang said, adding that she did not expect the caretaker to run away after agreeing to the deal.
The current whereabouts of the caretaker was unknown as of press time.
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