A disgruntled housekeeper claims Jones Waddington Limited fired her after she complained about the untidiness of executive tenants.

Ms Joyce Godwin also cited her questioning of the status of her hospital levy and social insurance, which she believes the company had not taken out of her pay, as reasons behind her termination.

Ms Godwin said she was summoned to the office president of the company, Mr.

Arthur Jones, by the agent responsible for rentals, Mrs. Helen Card, earlier this month.

"I went in and saw Mr. Jones and he and Mrs. Card informed me that the exempt companies have been complaining about the service I was giving them,'' Ms Goodwin said.

She added: "They said the tenants complained about a smell, insects, rats, dampness in the walls, and mould in the cabinets.

"And they also told me that the people said the cottages were not being cleaned and they preferred if someone else could do the job,'' Ms Godwin said.

But she added that she only had a short amount of time to clean the three cottages which she said needed extra time due to the fact that the tenants were "extremely untidy.'' "I was responsible for cleaning three apartments, which consisted of two persons in each, sometimes more, in the time I was given which was three hours a day,'' Ms Godwin said.

"These business people would leave dishes piled up, toilets unflushed and disposable pads laying in the trash uncovered and they expect me to go behind them and clean this stuff up. I am not paid to take care of their personal items,'' Ms Godwin said.

But she claims Mr. Jones told her to grin and bare it because "the tenants are paying $20,000 a month for the three apartments and he does not want to loose them.'' Ms Godwin also said that Mr. Jones told her she would have to do a better job at her housekeeping duties.

After the meeting Ms Godwin asked Mrs. Card about having an insurance card and number and social insurance and hospital levy "since I had been working there over a year.

"Mrs. Card called upstairs and told them to deduct $20 social insurance. But I told her that the deductions should have started a year ago,'' Ms Godwin said.

She added: "When I went in the following day for my cheque it was not there and Mrs. Card told me to follow her into her office.

"She told me she had gone to the cottages that morning and was not happy about the job. She gave me a week's wage and told me Jones and Waddington no longer needed my services.'' Ms Godwin concluded: "I don't think they like when you talk to them and they know you are right.

"And I don't think I should have to spend my money if some-thing was to happen to me when they are breaking the law. They have to pay. This injustice must stop.

"They wanted me to water plants, clean glass tables and headboards, do linen laundry, and clean up the tenants' personal items. How much is a person expected to do in three hours?'' Ms Godwin also said: "I love to work and I need to work. I don't want assistance.

"I was recommended to them by Mrs. Grace Bell MP, of Houseprouds Domestic Cleaning Service, and this is the worst company I have worked for.

"When I needed cleaning supplies I had to wait four or five days and sometimes weeks to get them and some-times I had to take my own money and buy them.'' She added: "I was doing eight hours work in three hours with a shortage of materials.'' "Jones Waddington gave me one week's notice and one week's pay instead of two week's notice and two week's pay.'' Ms Godwin also said that she does not feel that she needs to take legal action concerning her insurance because the law is al-ready stated.

"They, by law, have to deduct for insurance and if they don't that is for Government to tackle,'' Ms Godwin added. Another housekeeper for Jones Waddington Ms Andrea E.V. Smith, who has only been working there for a short time, also said she has not had her insurance deducted from her pay.

"Because of what happened to Ms Godwin I am going to check it out. I don't like what they have done to her,'' Ms Smith said.

MP Mrs. Bell told The Royal Gazette that Government regulations state that employers must pay half of pension payments and insurance.

"Either employers don't know or they try and resist it and sometimes people are let go because they are insistent,'' Mrs. Bell added.

When contacted last week Mr. Jones declined to comment on Ms Godwin's claim.