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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

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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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Zaqy Mohamad on overcharging of employment agency fees

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Channel News Asia | 10 September 2018 Singapore – Chanel News Asia features Minister of State Zaqu Mohanad. Minister of State for Manpower Zaqy Mohamad elaborated on what action has been taken against employment agencies which charge foreign workers more than the maximum cap for agency fees. These include revoking their licences and imposing financial

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Parliament: 23 errant agencies rapped for overcharging foreign workers in fees

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Straits Times | 10 September 2018 SINGAPORE – The Manpower Ministry (MOM) took action against 23 employment agencies from 2015 to 2017 for overcharging foreign workers in agency fees, said Minister of State for Manpower Zaqy Mohamad on Monday (Sept 10). Three agencies were prosecuted and had their licences revoked, while the rest were given

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Legal framework needed for recruitment agencies

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New Age Bangladesh | 5 September 2018 For most of the expatriate workers who come from a comparatively poorer background, mostly from rural areas, the migration cost is too high, even, sometimes, beyond their means. But job-seekers continue to be cheated by the so-called human resources business organisations and their associates, who charge them more

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Syndicate of 14 recruiting agencies blamed

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New Age Bangladesh | 4 September 2018 A cartel of 14 recruiting agencies chosen by the government of Bangladesh for sending workers to Singapore has been blamed for increasing the migration costs. The syndicate compels each worker to pay at least Tk eight lakh for migrating to Singapore though the Ministry of Expatriates Welfare and

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Singapore recruiters under fire for cheating jobseekers

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HRD Asia | 28 August 2018 Two directors of recruiting firms in Singapore are on trial for allegedly cheating hundreds of foreign jobseekers into paying large sums of money to secure non-existing roles. Clarence Lim and Terry Tan-Soo face a total of 315 charges under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act. The exact number of

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Indian national cheating his own countrymen in Singapore job scam racket faces the music after 11-year investigation

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Indian national Mohammad Sultan Abu Bakar Kadir was extradited from Singapore and sent back home to Mumbai on Sunday, to be prosecuted by Indian law enforcement authorities for allegedly running a job scam racket and cheating thousands of dollars from over 30 Indian workers with promises of jobs in Singapore. Also known as “Captain Kadir,”

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Bangladesh: Govt setting ceiling of charges

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By: Arafat Ara The Financial Express | 3 March 2017 The Bangladesh government has moved to fix a maximum ceiling of migration cost for Singapore-bound workers in a bid to check arbitrary charges by manpower recruiters, sources said. The expatriate welfare ministry is working to fix the cost based on a proposal made by the

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Statement: Are protections for Cambodian domestic workers in Singapore adequate?

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31st January 2017 By Jolovan Wham Last month, the Singapore Ministry of Manpower announced that Cambodia will be a source country for domestic workers from 2017. According to media reports, between 1000 to 1200 domestic workers will be recruited by employment agencies here. This is three times the number now in Singapore. While we welcome

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