Maids in MalaysiaWhen is a maid's salary due?
A maid's salary is due by the last week of each month, says the Immigration Department. Your family, as employer, pays it. Source dated. Ask on WhatsApp.
By the last week of each month. The Immigration Department's (JIM) Foreign Domestic Helper page says the helper's salary is due by the last week of each month, and your family, as her employer, pays it. Last checked on 4 November 2026.
Who pays the salary?
Your family does, because your family is the helper's employer.
What about other salary questions?
This page covers when the salary is due. For any other question about salary, ask us on WhatsApp.
Who is the employer?
Your family is the legal employer of the helper, never the agency or any company in our group.
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Source
Source: Immigration Department of Malaysia (JIM), Foreign Domestic Helper (FDH) page, https://www.imi.gov.my/index.php/en/main-services/foreign-domestic-helper-fdh/. Last checked: 4 November 2026.
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