For families
Family guides for hiring household help with confidence
Clear, practical guidance for Filipino families comparing helpers, setting fair employment terms, and building a safe working relationship from the first conversation onward.
What these guides cover
Choose the right person
Define the role, compare relevant experience, ask better interview questions, and use each profile’s trust signals appropriately.
Hire fairly and legally
Plan pay, rest days, benefits, leave, and a written agreement using current Philippine household-employment guidance.
Make the arrangement work
Set expectations early, communicate respectfully, handle changes, and resolve problems before they become expensive or unsafe.
Latest guides for For families
47 practical guides currently in this collection.
Hiring Guides
Maid Visa Dubai: Steps, Cost Items, and Documents for Families
How a Dubai or UAE family sponsors a domestic worker: permit and residence steps, Tadbeer centres, verified fee items, documents, renewal, cancellation, Filipino hires.
Helpers Team
October 28, 202616 min read
Hiring Guides
Kasambahay salary increase letter: a template for families
Copy a kasambahay salary increase letter, record the new monthly wage and effective date, then update payroll without confusing gross pay and take-home pay.
Helpers Team
October 27, 202611 min read
Hiring Guides
Hire a yaya in Laguna and Biñan: salary and family checklist
Plan a yaya hire in Laguna or Biñan with the ₱7,500 wage floor effective 26 October 2026, a commute check, interview questions and a written offer.
Helpers Team
October 26, 202612 min read
Hiring Guides
Domestic Helper Annual Leave in Hong Kong: Days, Pay, and Rules
How many days of paid annual leave a Hong Kong domestic helper gets, how to work out annual leave pay, notice rules, and what to pay when a contract ends.
Helpers Team
October 25, 202617 min read
Hiring Guides
Maid Insurance Singapore: MOM Requirements and How to Choose
What maid insurance in Singapore must cover under MOM rules: S$60,000 medical cover, the 25% co-payment, personal accident cover, the S$5,000 bond and more.
Helpers Team
October 23, 202615 min read
Hiring Guides
Singapore Maid Levy: Rates, Concession, and How to Pay
Current MOM maid levy rates for 2026, who qualifies for the S$60 MDW levy concession, how GIRO billing works, late penalties, and levy waivers.
Helpers Team
October 21, 202617 min read
Hiring Guides
Statutory Holidays 2027 for Domestic Helpers in Hong Kong
All 15 Hong Kong statutory holidays for 2027, how they differ from public holidays, holiday pay, rest-day clashes, and the rules for working on a holiday.
Helpers Team
October 20, 202616 min read
Hiring Guides
Hire a verified yaya in Alabang and Muntinlupa
How to hire a live-in yaya in Ayala Alabang, Filinvest, and the rest of Muntinlupa above the ₱7,800 NCR kasambahay floor, including the Laguna border and the Makati difference.
Helpers Team
October 19, 202614 min read
Hiring Guides
Hire a verified stay-out yaya near Subic Bay and Olongapo
How to hire a yaya in Olongapo and the Subic Bay Freeport above the ₱6,500 Region III kasambahay floor, with stay-out commute, SBMA gates, and a split from Clark/Pampanga.
Helpers Team
October 18, 202612 min read
Kasambahay Contract and Loan Agreement: Terms Families Must Write Down
A practical Philippines guide to a kasambahay employment contract, salary deductions, salary advances, loans, payslips, benefits, and fair repayment terms.
Helpers Team
October 16, 202613 min read
Hiring Guides
Singapore Maid Agencies vs Transfer Maid vs Direct Hire
How Singapore families compare maid agencies, transfer helpers, and direct hiring, including fees, Work Permit steps, replacement terms, contracts, and safer interviews.
Helpers Team
October 13, 202611 min read
Hiring Guides
How to Verify a DMW-Licensed Recruitment Agency
How Filipino helpers and families verify a DMW-licensed recruitment agency, job order, sending organization, fees, contract, and overseas domestic-work offer.
Helpers Team
October 11, 202611 min read
Hiring Guides
Cleaning Services in Singapore: Home, Spring, and Post-Renovation Cleaning
How Singapore families compare household cleaning services, regular visits, spring cleaning, and post-renovation cleaning, with current provider examples and safer booking questions.
Helpers Team
October 10, 202611 min read
Hiring Guides
Home Cleaning Services in Dubai: What to Check Before You Book
How to compare home cleaning services in Dubai, from hourly recurring visits and supplies to team size, subscriptions, access, payments, and re-clean terms.
Helpers Team
October 9, 202611 min read
Hiring Guides
Hiring a Helper in Manila as an Expat: Pay, Contract, and Legal Rules
How expats hire a kasambahay, yaya or family driver in Metro Manila: the ₱7,800 NCR floor, the BK-1 contract, SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG, 13th month pay, and two ways to hire on Helpers.
Helpers Team
October 9, 202616 min read
Hiring Guides
Deep Cleaning Services in Dubai: Scope, Price Questions, and Safer Booking
What deep cleaning services in Dubai should include, how apartment and villa quotes are calculated, what to ask about materials and extra hours, and how to book safely.
Helpers Team
October 8, 202611 min read
Hiring Guides
Cleaning Services in Dubai: How Families Compare Providers
A practical Dubai cleaning services guide covering regular home cleaning, deep cleaning, move-in cleaning, prices shown by current providers, booking questions, and safer payment.
Helpers Team
October 7, 202612 min read
Hiring Guides
Hire a verified yaya in Pampanga and Angeles: Clark corridor versus San Fernando
How to hire a yaya in Angeles, Clark, and San Fernando above the ₱6,500 Region III kasambahay floor, including English-heavy Clark homes and live-in provincial capital work.
Helpers Team
October 6, 202611 min read
Hiring Guides
Maid agency ownership in the Philippines: find the company behind the Facebook brand
Facebook maid-agency brands are not the legal employer. Match the page to a DOLE PEA licence and SEC name, then hire direct with ID and NBI if the paper does not exist.
Helpers Team
October 5, 202611 min read
Hiring Guides
Best maid agency in the Philippines: an evidence checklist, not a ranking
How to test "best maid agency" claims in the Philippines: DOLE PEA licence, no worker placement fee, joint liability, and when a marketplace is the better fit.
Helpers Team
October 4, 202611 min read
Hiring Guides
Maid shortage in the Philippines: what the data shows, and how to hire anyway
No official nationwide maid shortage. Overseas pay, dumped duties, and floor wages make local hiring feel hard. Write an honest job and browse verified helpers.
Helpers Team
October 3, 202611 min read
Hiring Guides
Newborn and infant yaya checklist: specialist vs general nanny
A hire checklist for a newborn or infant yaya in the Philippines: what a specialist does, what a general nanny should not improvise, and the safety rules to write down.
Helpers Team
October 2, 202611 min read
Hiring Guides
Hire a verified yaya in Cebu: rates, areas, and how to look
How Cebu families hire a yaya above the ₱7,500 Central Visayas kasambahay floor, what to write for Cebu City, Mandaue, and Lapu-Lapu, and how to browse verified profiles.
Helpers Team
October 1, 202611 min read
Hiring Guides
Maid Agencies in Dubai: How Families Compare and Verify Providers
How families in Dubai can compare maid agencies, check approved recruitment offices, understand packages and guarantees, review contracts, and hire a domestic worker safely.
Helpers Team
September 30, 202613 min read
Hiring Guides
Saudi Arabia Domestic Worker Hiring: Musaned, Costs, Contracts, and Family Steps
How families in Saudi Arabia can hire a domestic worker through Musaned, compare recruitment routes, check costs, review the contract, and protect both sides.
Helpers Team
September 29, 202615 min read
Hiring Guides
Singapore Domestic Helper Cost: Salary, Levy, Insurance, and Hiring Steps
A current Singapore domestic helper cost guide for families, covering salary, levy, work permit fees, insurance, security bond, agency costs, rest days, and safer hiring.
Helpers Team
September 28, 202616 min read
Hiring Guides
UAE Domestic Worker Hiring: MOHRE Rules, Costs, and Safer Family Steps
A practical UAE family guide to hiring a domestic worker through MOHRE, checking contracts, rest, wages, accommodation, agencies, and worker protections.
Helpers Team
September 27, 202612 min read
Hiring Guides
Hong Kong Domestic Helper Salary, Contract, Food Allowance, and Rights
What Hong Kong families and Filipino helpers should know about the HK$5,220 wage floor, the ID 407 contract, food, rest days, housing, and safe hiring.
Helpers Team
September 26, 202612 min read
Hiring Guides
How to Hire a Kasambahay Legally: The 12-Step 2026 Checklist
Kasambahay hiring in order: duty list, wage floor, Form BK-1 contract, barangay registry, SSS enrolment, payslips, and the ₱10,000 to ₱40,000 fine for skipping them.
Helpers Team
September 24, 202615 min read
Hiring Guides
Family Driver Job Description in the Philippines: What to Write
Family drivers are excluded from the Kasambahay Law and its wage orders. What that means for duties, hours, benefits, and the contract you write instead.
Helpers Team
September 22, 202618 min read
Hiring Guides
PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG contribution for kasambahay 2026
At a ₱7,800 salary, remit ₱500 to PhilHealth and ₱312 to Pag-IBIG monthly. See employer and worker shares, registration forms and payment checks.
Helpers Team
September 20, 202618 min read
Hiring Guides
Hiring an Elderly Caregiver at Home: A Philippine Family Guide
Arranging care for a parent at home in the Philippines: the five options, which law covers your caregiver, the limits on 24-hour duty, and how to interview.
Helpers Team
September 18, 202617 min read
Hiring Guides
Household Cook Job Description for Philippine Families (2026)
What a kusinera or kusinero actually does in a Philippine household, what is not in the job, the ₱7,800 NCR wage floor, and a job description you can copy.
Helpers Team
September 16, 202617 min read
Safety & Trust
Kasambahay Law Separation Pay: What You Actually Owe When It Ends
RA 10361 gives no Labor Code separation pay. Here is the 15 days indemnity, the notice rule, final pay worked out at ₱7,800, and the exit paperwork families owe.
Helpers Team
September 14, 202615 min read
Hiring Guides
Payslip Template Philippines: Free Kasambahay Pay Slip (BK-2)
A free payslip template for Philippine household employers: the eleven lines on DOLE Form BK-2, which deductions are lawful, and which are never allowed.
Helpers Team
September 13, 202618 min read
Hiring Guides
Domestic Helper Job Description in the Philippines: All-Around Role
The all-around kasambahay role written out: daily and weekly duties, what needs separate pay, the legal hours and rest, and a job description you can copy.
Helpers Team
September 11, 202617 min read
Hiring Guides
Kasambahay 13th month pay 2026: 24 December deadline and how to compute
Kasambahay 13th month pay is total basic salary actually earned from January to December, divided by 12. Worked examples, the 24 December deadline, and what to leave out.
Helpers Team
September 9, 202615 min read
Hiring Guides
SSS Contribution for Kasambahay 2026: Rates, Forms, Deadlines
The 2026 SSS contribution table for household employers, who pays what at each kasambahay salary, how to get your HR number, and the monthly payment deadline.
Helpers Team
September 8, 202617 min read
Hiring Guides
Minimum wage for kasambahay 2026: ₱7,800 in NCR, every region
Minimum wage for kasambahay 2026 is ₱7,800 a month in Metro Manila from 7 February 2026 (Wage Order NCR-DW-06). See the NWPC floor for every region, then browse helpers to hire.
Helpers Team
September 7, 202615 min read
Safety & Trust
Kasambahay Law (RA 10361) Explained for Philippine Families
What RA 10361 requires of a household employer on hiring day, every payday, every week, every year, and on the last day. Checked against the statute and its IRR.
Helpers Team
September 6, 202617 min read
Hiring Guides
Family driver salary Philippines 2026 and how to hire
Budget ₱15,000 to ₱26,000 a month for a live-out Metro Manila family driver. Compare pay, check a candidate's licence and record, and set clear terms.
Helpers Team
August 20, 202613 min read
Hiring Guides
Nanny Job Description in the Philippines: Duties, Boundaries, and Skills
Use this Philippines-specific nanny job description to define childcare duties, safety boundaries, and a respectful hiring process for your family.
Helpers Team
August 7, 202612 min read
Hiring Guides
Housekeeper Interview Questions: A Philippine Family Hiring Scorecard
Use this Philippines-specific housekeeper interview scorecard to compare candidates fairly, protect privacy, and set clear expectations before an offer.
Helpers Team
August 3, 202612 min read
Hiring Guides
Caregiver salary Philippines 2026: ₱9,000 to ₱22,000, two legal floors
Household kasambahay caregivers typically plan ₱9,000 to ₱16,000 a month, never below ₱7,800 in NCR. TESDA-certified caregivers under RA 11965 follow the regional daily minimum, about ₱19,600 a month in Metro Manila. Indeed reports ₱22,033. Browse caregiver profiles after you pick the floor that applies.
Helpers Team
July 30, 202613 min read
Hiring Guides
How to Hire a Housekeeper in the Philippines: Duties and Checklist
Define housekeeper duties, schedule, pay, and boundaries before you interview candidates. Use this Philippines-specific hiring checklist.
Helpers Team
July 23, 202612 min read
Safety & Trust
How we vet helpers: ID, NBI, references, and medical checks
How helpers.ph shows ID, NBI, and reference checks separately, plus the medical certificate RA 10361 lets a family require before day one, and what a psych test is not.
Paul Chamberlain
July 7, 202616 min read
Hiring Guides
How to Hire Your First Yaya in the Philippines: A Practical Family Guide
A step-by-step guide to defining the role, interviewing candidates, checking references, setting fair terms, and starting a safe yaya arrangement in the Philippines.
Paul Chamberlain
April 9, 202617 min read
Get the newsletter
Fresh tips and insights straight to your inbox every Thursday.