Selection Nannies Based On Friends Or Relatives Recommendations

With good intentions, friends or relatives recommend a confinement nanny. “My friend had this Nanny and praised she is good, but it turned out to be different”. Why is it so? This is common as different family has different standard of expectations and requirements.

No Deposit Given. (Means Freelance Nanny Is Not Oblige To Turn Up)

Booking based on words without deposit given, means commitment does not exist. Nanny can decide not to come turn up when your newborn baby is born.

Your Deposit Paid Is Not Guaranteed

This is a worst scenario, when someone else offer a higher rate, freelance nanny can decide to drop you without even letting you know until when your confinement is to start. Or it could be that she is still tied up with her other assignments. And you get panic at the last minute and additional stress will be added to you, as you become a debt chaser for deposit you have placed with her. Many a times, deposit is not retrievable.

Working Attitude?

As parents are the one who seeks for confinement services directly from freelance nanny through recommendation. They may feel that mothers are in need of them, may become prideful in turn. This will cause freelance nanny to be insensitive to mother’s needs and they may force their way of confinement practice on new mums, thus causing unnecessary stress and discomfort in the family. As there are no proper system of feedback, monitoring, supervising and support from a professional and reliable company, freelance nanny can be domineering.

Mummy says, 'Freelance Confinement Lady has the right to say.'

Risk Factor

As she is your ONLY ONE freelance nanny, you must be mentally prepared for the many ‘IF’, half way during your confinement :

• if she falls sick.
• if she needs to leave due to personal reason at home.
• if she has attitude problem.
• if she can’t get along with your other family member.
• if she secretly smokes in your home and you found out.
• if she wants to borrow money on her 2nd day of work.
• if Ministry of Manpower’s officer knocks on your door.

Employers' Guidelines: Illegal Employment/deployment

Retrieve from MOM website
Under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act, employers can be charged for illegally employing or deploying a FDW.

Penalties for Offenders

The penalty for illegal employment without a valid Work Permit is a fine equivalent to between two and four years of the FDW levy, and/or imprisonment for up to one year. For subsequent convictions, the errant employer will face mandatory imprisonment.

Employers who illegally deploy their FDWs can be fined up to $5,000. In addition, the errant employer will be permanently barred from employing FDWs.

All these are real life happenings and the list can go on…