i’m assuming you’re just talking about one nanny, reading your comment. now my question is, why didn’t you immediately fire her when you think she’s not doing her job right? if she screwed up a couple of times already, you have the right to let go of her because you’re the boss! do not complain here about work not done right because, as the employer, you have control of the situation.

and speaking of rights, if a caregiver has rights to speak up - the more you have the right to speak up and report to the authorities your predicament because you are canadian. you don’t go around telling stories about your bad experiences with your nanny to just whoever you speak to. you have to gather facts and report to the police or to whoever authority you deem necessary to go to.

and do not generalize filipino/filipina caregivers. for all you know, the caregivers who complain about their employers are have legitimate reasons. just like you, you may have true reason to complain but unless you direct it to the right authority, it’s nothing but air.

filipina caregivers have to go through caregiver associations here because they are the ones willing to fight for their rights, not the philippine government representative. while us canadians - we don’t need anyone standing up for us. we can stand up for ourselves. we know our rights here in canada.
my suggestion, if you don’t like to hire filipinas - then don’t. nobody’s forcing you to. just don’t go banding about a certain worker group because - if you just read you’re comment carefully - you sound like a very bitter person.

We have had to deal with our caregiver’s carelessness causing grave danger of dislocating our baby’s shoulders by wrongly pulling on him. We have seen she does not bother to change diapers of the baby properly resulting in a rash within a day. We have known her to completely ignore the baby at times when she presumes no one is looking. What is going on behind an employer’s back, do we know, when we trust our babies to a Philippino caregiver ?

Where is the right an employer should have (as long as it is genuine employment) in expecting good work ? We have learnt one cannot even say anything to a Philippino caregiver even when she screws up on something because it seems they think they are just too perfect. We have known our caregivers friends to make racist comments about our nationality to her (she told us so).

She has told us in the past how every Philippino employee cribs about their employers. If that is the case, then is there something wrong with ALL Canadian employers and us as a people ??

We have known her to cause ‘entrapping’ circumstances which could get us in lot of trouble - like suggesting we keep her passport and offer her a loan then - we gave the loan but refused to hold her passport because it is hers (and we respect that, as we expect to be done to us)

It is ridiculous to compare decent lifestyle, weekly shopping excursions, late night social gathering and partying, movie nights, (heck, even partying at the Mayor’s home) 5 day work week, visits to casinos, to slavery ?? Give us a break, do Phillipnos know what slavery was to insult and corrupt that historic understanding ?

If life is so bad for them, if employers are all bad, why are the caregivers still in Canada ? Are they not just using the system to get ‘free’ PR and citizenship to Canada, all the while creating false stories about families that are willing to give (and expect) genuine work opportunities ?

Why should we as Canadian residents and citizens now hire any Philippino caregiver and risk our family, money and reputations based on superfluous and dishonestly represented conduct ? Why should we have to pay for tickets to bring someone into our homes and lives and they turn on us the moment they see a chance to convolute the truth ?

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Sec. 15. Repatriation of Workers; Emergency Repatriation Fund. - The repatriation of the worker and the transport of his personal belongings shall be the primary responsibility of the agency which recruited or deployed the worker overseas. All costs attendant to repatriation shall be borne by or charged to the agency concerned and/or its principal. Likewise, the repatriation of remains and transport of the personal belongings of a deceased worker and all costs attendant thereto shall be borne by the principal and/or the local agency. However, in cases where the termination of employment in due solely to the fault of the worker, the principal/employer or agency shall not in any manner be responsible for the repatriation of the former and/or his belongings. x x x