2. Employers should pay domestic workers in full each month.
TRUE
- Domestic workers are in Lebanon because their families are in dire need of money. What would you do if your boss made you work for months without pay?
- An employer who cannot afford to pay a domestic worker each month should not hire one.
4. Slapping a domestic worker is not a good approach towards improving her work.
TRUE
- Slapping - light or hard - is hurtful, humiliating, and a form of domestic violence.
- A domestic worker does not need to be "disciplined." You too could have broken that plate or let the laundry out in the rain. It is a worker's right to learn with dignity and respect
5. Calling a domestic worker names is not abuse, since it is something we all do in our daily lives.
FALSE
- Calling somebody names such as "donkey" or "idiot" can be as painful as physical abuse. A few nice words can go a long way towards making a domestic worker happier and contribute to a more productive working relationship.
- Just as you are trying to adjust to a live-in domestic worker, she is also trying her best to accommodate to a new culture and many work demands.