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How Can A Domestic Helper Help?
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Keep your home consistently clean when you have demanding work and family schedule
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Make sure your children are looked after when you’re not able to be there.
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Keep an eye on your elderly parents, giving them companionship.
Let us help you select the right domestic helper to look after your loved ones with care and attention to detail!
Why CookTale?
Vouching Highly Capable Helpers
With a remarkable track record (since 1978) and thousands of happy employers, our agency specializes in connecting employers with exceptional domestic helpers.
Extensive Network of Domestic Helpers
With our deep connections with Philippines and Indonesia agencies, we’re able to select the ones with good and honest attitude, responsible and caring.
After-Sales Support
Unlike other agencies, we offer free cooking training and emotional counseling to all domestic helpers, to ensure healthy cooking and a happy home for all.
One On One Training At Employer's Home
Cooking Training :
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Chinese Home-style Dishes
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Confinement Meals
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Beauty Soups
Infant and Childcare Training :
Taking care of newborns' daily needs, such as feeding, diaper changing, burping, and bathing. Providing meals for toddlers.
Elderly Care at Home Training :
Basic living care services, including accompanying medical appointments, accompanying the elderly on outings, meal preparation for the elderly, changing diapers, assisting with toileting/bathing, providing support and assistance.
CookTale’s After-Sale Services
Healthy Cooking Workshops
12 comprehensive healthy cooking lessons, empowering domestic helpers with essential culinary skills and knowledge.
Emotional Counseling
We offer dedicated emotional counseling services to address challenges, build resilience, and thrive in their roles.
How Does It Work?
Step 1
Assessing Your Unique Needs
We will guide you through a comprehensive consultation process, ensuring a personalized approach to finding the perfect domestic helper.
Step 2
Hands-On Evaluation and Interviewing
Our team conducts a hands-on evaluation, meticulously assessing each candidate's skills, capabilities, and compatibility with your household.
Step 3
Thorough Medical Checks
Includes examinations, tests, and screenings to ensure their fitness for the role and peace of mind for you as an employer.
Step 4
Interviewing Hand-Picked Candidates
You can interact with the candidates, gauge their compatibility with your household, and assess their qualifications and personalities.
Meet the Team
Lani Nasayao
Founder of LS5 Health and Wealth Solutions Ltd. She is also the founder of the Saladmaster Toastmaster Club and a valued member of Business Networking International.
In addition to these roles, Lani serves as the Vice President of the Philippines Chamber of Commerce and holds the esteemed position of CEO of the Philippines Project.
With a wealth of experience spanning over 30 years, Lani has developed a deep understanding of the art of selecting the perfect helper to complement an employer's behavioral preferences. Her expertise in this area is founded upon her personal experiences and serves as a valuable asset in ensuring optimal employer-helper matches..
Iris Tsang
Iris is the co-founder of CookTale International Employment Center. With over 20 years of experience running her consultancy firm, Iris possesses a deep understanding of the intricacies of the recruitment process and the needs of employers.
As a chartered wealth manager and International Sustainable Business Advisor, Iris brings a unique perspective to the table. Her expertise in these areas allows her to evaluate the financial and sustainability aspects of hiring skilled workers and domestic helpers, ensuring that employers make informed decisions that align with their goals and values.
Iris's experience has been instrumental in connecting employers with talented individuals from mainland China and the Philippines. Leveraging her extensive network and industry knowledge, Iris identifies and screens skilled workers who possess the necessary qualifications and experience to meet the specific needs of employers.
For selecting domestic helper, what sets Iris apart is her firsthand experience as an employer of domestic helpers for nearly 15 years. During this time, she has personally taken care of children and the elderly, gaining invaluable insights into the challenges and demands faced by employers in these areas. This deep understanding allows Iris to provide tailored recommendations and assistance to employers seeking suitable helpers for their specific needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Where do you source your domestic helpers?We source our domestic helpers primarily from the Philippines. However, we also offer flexibility to cater to your specific preferences, including the availability of candidates from other countries such as Indonesia.
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What kind of counseling do you provide?We provide counseling on mindfulness, how to be productive, family values, mental health check, education on Chinese culture and expectations.
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How does a cooking workshop work?We provide 12 free cooking workshops for the domestic helper. Employers and kids of the family are also welcomed to join at no charge. We also provide cooking and caregiving workshops for the elderly.
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How do you vouch for your domestic helper?We work closely with our partners in the Philippines and Indonesia, that train our domestic helpers with household chores, taking care of infants and elderlies, and basic Cantonese communication.
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What are all the fees needed to pay?Processing fee, domestic helper Insurance, Hong Kong medical test (optional), and air ticket (optional).
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What is the minimum salary for a domestic helper in 2024?The government has announced that all domestic helper employment contract signed on or after 30th September 2023 has a minimum salary of HK$4,870 per month.
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What are the holidays for domestic helper in 2024?Domestic Helpers' Statutory holidays for 2024 are as follows: 1. The first day of January - 1 January 2. Lunar New Year's Day - 10 February 3. The third day of Lunar New Year - 12 February 4. The fourth day of Lunar New Year - 13 February 5. Ching Ming Festival - 4 April 6. Labour Day - 1 May 7. The Birthday of the Buddha - 15 May 8. Tuen Ng Festival - 10 June 9. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day - 1 July 10. The day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival - 18 September 11. National Day - 1 October 12. Chung Yeung Festival - 11 October 13. Chinese Winter Solstice Festival or Christmas Day (at the option of the employer) - 21 December or 25 December 14. The first weekday after Christmas Day - 26 December Giving your maid a day off on statutory holidays is mandatory and cannot be skipped. Regardless of the duration of service, whether it's 2 years or 2 days, your domestic helper must be given the day off on statutory holidays. If your domestic helper has been employed for at least 3 months under a continuous contract, she is entitled to paid statutory holidays. If the employment period is less than 3 months, statutory holidays are still mandatory, but the decision to provide payment rests solely with you. It is not permissible to ask your domestic worker to work on a statutory holiday, even if you offer additional payment. Attempting to substitute payment for the holiday can result in penalties. If, due to exceptional circumstances, you require your housemaid to work on a statutory holiday, you must inform her at least 48 hours in advance and arrange for an alternative day off within a 2-month period before or after the statutory holiday. If a statutory holiday falls on your domestic helper's regular day off, you must grant her a mandatory day off on a non-statutory holiday following the statutory holiday. Alternatively, you can provide her with an alternative holiday, a substituted holiday, or another rest day. It's important to note that her regular day off cannot coincide with a statutory holiday, except when the holiday falls on a Sunday, in which case it automatically moves to the following Monday.