Migrant Domestic Workers – Page 2

Maid advertisements on Carousell: SRC Recruitment, employee face 243 charges Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/carousell-maid-advertisements-src-recruitment-243-charges-10790018

Channel News Asia | 4 October 2018 SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Thursday (Oct 4) prosecuted SRC Recruitment and one of its Employment Agency (EA) employees, Erleena Mohd Ali, for “insensitive advertising” of foreign domestic workers (FDWs). SRC and Mdm Erleena face a combined 243 charges for an array of wrongdoing, which includes […]

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Foreign workers are cleaning up on Household Services Scheme

MENAFN | 24 September 2018 The Singapore government’s pilot Household Services Scheme has won plenty of support among foreign domestic workers, with some saying it offers higher earnings, greater freedom and more rest time. Introduced a year ago by the Ministry of Manpower, the HSS was intended to meet rising demand for more flexible part-time

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Indonesian workers listed for sale on Carousell; MOM investigates

The Independent | 17 September 2018 Carousell, a Singapore-owned online marketplace, features buying and selling of various items. Clothes, shoes, and electronic devices are the goods typically being auctioned off on Carousell, but unusual and humorous things pop up from time to time. There was nothing humorous about what Netizen Michael S. discovered on Carousell.

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MOM investigating cases of maids being ‘sold’ on online marketplace Carousell

The Straits Times | 14 September 2018 SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) is investigating cases of maids being “sold” on online retail platform Carousell. In a Facebook post on Friday evening (Sept 14), the ministry said that it is “aware of cases where foreign domestic workers are being marketed inappropriately on…Carousell”. “We are

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Ugandans sold as slaves, sex workers in Oman: Report

Uganda Christian News | 11 September 2018 Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development Permanent Secretary, Mr Pius Bigirimana has told journalists that government is investigating reports that Ugandan women seeking employment as domestic workers in Oman, are being trafficked and sold as slaves. Human Rights Watch explained in a 68-page report released 2016 that

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Soon, ban on recruiting these workers in UAE to be lifted

Khaleej Times | 8 September 2018 The Philippine government will soon make an announcement on the decision of lifting the ban for recruiting new domestic workers in the UAE, according to the Philippine Ambassador to the UAE. Speaking to Khaleej Times on the sidelines of the Filipino Community Leadership Summit 2018 in Abu Dhabi on

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Strict selection process reduces migration of housemaids

New Age Bangladesh | 2 September 2018 Tightening of selection process has reduced migration of housemaids by nearly 50 per cent since June, according to the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training. Officials told New Age the government tightened the selection process after many housemaids came back from Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries as

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Indonesian domestic workers ‘defying GCC ban’

GDN Online | 26 August 2018 INDONESIAN domestic workers, who are defying a ban on working in the GCC, are considered as illegal residents by their own government despite having a valid work visa. Jakarta imposed the ban in 2015 following repeated complaints of abuse by its citizens and the execution of two Indonesian maids

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