{"id":740,"date":"2021-06-28T14:00:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T06:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devwp.visibleone.io\/p136\/?p=740"},"modified":"2021-06-29T14:54:58","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T06:54:58","slug":"living-and-meal-arrangements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyclic.hk\/en\/topics\/daily-lives-legal-issues\/domestic-helper-issues\/living-and-meal-arrangements\/","title":{"rendered":"Living and meal arrangements"},"content":{"rendered":"

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IX. Living and meal arrangements<\/h1>\n

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A. Residence of the foreign domestic helper<\/h2>\n

Clause 3 of the standard Employment Contract provides that the foreign domestic helper shall reside in the employer\u2019s residence. In other words, an employer cannot ask the helper to reside at another place even if the employer is prepared to pay for that.<\/p>\n

If employers or helpers breach the undertaking that the helper would work and reside in the employer’s residence, such conduct will be taken into consideration in their future foreign domestic helper visa or extension of stay applications. The applications may thus be refused.<\/p>\n

Besides, it is an offence to make false representation to Immigration Officers upon the application of domestic helper visa. Offenders are liable to prosecution and to a maximum fine of $150,000 and imprisonment for 14 years.<\/p>\n

B. Food allowance<\/h2>\n

Since the foreign domestic helper will be living together with the employer, it is the employer\u2019s duty to provide food free of charge to the helper. If no food is provided, the employer shall provide a food allowance to the helper. The current minimum food allowance is HK$1,053 per month.<\/p>\n

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Adoption is a legal process by which parental rights and responsibilities over a child are transferred from the birth parents to the adoptive parents. An adoption in Hong Kong must be effected in accordance with the Adoption Ordinance , Cap. 290<\/a> , Laws of Hong Kong. The guiding principle in the adoption process is the \u201cbest interests of the child\u201d ( section 8<\/a> of the Adoption Ordinance<\/a> ).<\/p>

Local adoption service in Hong Kong is provided by the Adoption Unit of the Social Welfare Department and three non-governmental organizations, as Accredited Bodies:<\/p>