Indonesian Maids To Get Insurance Coverage

KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- Two companies, Etiqa Takaful Bhd and Takaful Ikhlas, will introduce an insurance scheme for Indonesian domestic maids soon with a premium payment for as low as RM70 a year.

With that amount, the maids will be eligible to receive compensation of up to RM40,000 due to accidents while at work.

They will also get to receive other benefits, including death benefit, payment for their hospital bills and medical cost under the scheme which will be implemented under the Domestic Helpers Affairs programme (Helpers).

Chairman of the Saba Islamic Domestic Help Advisory (SAIDHA), Sabariah Abdullah, said the insurance scheme received the cooperation of the Indonesian embassy and the Malaysian government, and supported by 33 non-governmental organisations (NGOs), including the Allied Coordinating Committee of Islamic NGOs (ACCIN), Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement (ABIM) and the Jemaah Islam Malaysia (JIM).

The premium for the insurance will be paid by the employers of the maids concerned, he told reporters after the launch of the Helper programme and the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between SAIDHA, the Indonesian Embassy and their strategic partners.

Sabariah said the insurance programme had been discussed at the ministry level and would be implemented soon.

The Helper programme also involve the participation of Maybank Bhd and CIMB Berhad to facilitate salary payment for the maids concerned, she added.

-- BERNAMA

Source : http://finance.bernama.com/news.php?id=595774