post-death - the maid

the maid is now with my brother. and i had informed him that he would need to do the transfer before she could be legally employed by him. and until such time, i will continue to pay the maid levy. and because mum had passed on, the monthly levy is $200 instead of $60. this is on top of the salary that i had continued to pay her despite the fact that she had moved to his house since early-dec 2015. 

i'd mentioned to him about the need for him to effect the transfer at that time and he didn't do any thing about it other than to check with the insurance company how he could cancel the maid's existing insurance. of cos the insurance agency told him that i should be the one to effect a cancellation of her policy (doh!) and not him. yesterday when i visited his house, after telling me to hand the will back to him, he rudely told me that for the maid, i should be the one to do the transfer and not him. i didn't like his antagonistic tone - voice half-raised and delivered in a very rude manner, almost like wanting to pick a fight. and from my experience, when he's like that it would be pointless to talk logic with him. i didn't say anything further other than i'll check and get back. i was quite convinced that he had to do it cos principally, such procedures would be the responsibility of the new employer and not the out-going one. i supposed he didn't see himself as a new employer and that this was just an administrative follow-up to change an address. if so, he couldn't be more naive and wrong.

to make sure i got my facts right, i did the online check again. and with the intention to do the transfer for him (as i wanted to avoid further interactions with him), i attempted to log into the website. i couldn't. it simply stated that if i (as the new employer) wanted to take over the domestic help, i needed to log in using my citizen id (singpass) before i could access the site. i had no choice but to text him that he should be the one doing it and not me. he simply replied with a "k".

the ball is in his court now.