House maid
Does anyone know the rules on using a housemaid who has been sponsered by someone else but doesn't want them, so has been transferred to another family, and is happy with this arrangement? Is this legal or should the housemaid stay with the sponser for the time allocated (usually 2 years). If the sponser is not happy with them is the only choice is to send them home or can they be sent to another family??
Our compound was raided by the police/CID a few months ago...they were looking for illegally working housemaids...they rounded up 6 or so.
These were women who were sponsored as housemaids by an original sponsor. But they had left to work for new sponsors (sometimes with, sometimes wihtout the original sponsor's opinion).
I'd stay away from messing around with housemaids who are changing sponsors in Qatar. They sound like trouble...women who are constantly looking for higher-paying sponsors and easier jobs...unstable in staying with you.
There are two cases:
First Scenario: When the sponsor is not pleased with the maid...all they have to do is just take her back to the agency and they will tell him what to do. Usually they just give him another one if they are still withing the warranty period...if not then he will have to release her to another sponsor... and off course they will figure out a way to charge him extra money...they are high-way-robbers.
Second scenario: When the maid is not pleased with her sponsor...usually, this is a blind-end road for her...still no law protecting the maid or backing her up unless she's got a real issue.
That's why most maids try to make up tragic stories in order to get their freedom, some of them claim abuse (sexual or physical)...others claim they don't get paid...and so on.
My advice..if you have a maid who is not under your sponsorship...just give her back to her original sponsor or you make arrangement with him to give you a release...otherwise...you might get yourself into an illegal situation