Single-household scope check
A helper work pass is tied to approved employment, and Immigration states that a foreign domestic helper must not change employment or employer without permission. Before assigning regular work at another home, identify who lives there, who gives instructions, how often work occurs and obtain the applicable Immigration guidance.
- Write both addresses and the people who control the work.
- Do not treat a related family member as automatic permission.
- Keep the helper duties within the approved employment arrangement.
The direct answer, from the source
The JTKSM/ILO/MOHR employer guide includes an explicit Q&A on exactly this question, and the answer given is a flat no: an employer is prohibited from directing a foreign domestic worker to help at a relative’s residence, framed alongside a second prohibition on directing her into a family business or commercial activity.
It is stated as a direct restriction in an official employer guide co-published with the labour department — a binding rule, not informal custom or a suggestion open to interpretation.
Why the contract already settles this
The standard service contract used for this placement restricts her duties to household tasks and caregiving responsibilities connected to the one home named in the arrangement — it doesn’t leave room for a second address, even a relative’s, as part of the agreed scope of work.
Because this limit is written into the contract itself rather than left as a general expectation, it’s the same document worth checking directly if a specific arrangement — occasional help, a family member’s request — is being considered.
What happens if it happens anyway
PERKESO’s own domestic-worker FAQ addresses the consequence directly: if an accident occurs while she’s been instructed to do work outside her contracted scope, she isn’t eligible for benefits, because the employer isn’t permitted to direct her outside the residential-house duties named in the contract in the first place.
That’s a specific, sourced risk — not a general caution — and it applies whether the second household is a relative’s home or anywhere else outside the one address on her placement.