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MOM may require employment agencies to check in on foreign domestic workers: Gan Siow Huang
A foreign domestic helper is seen strolling with an elderly woman on Oct 31, 2019. (File photo: TODAY/Najeer Yusof)
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SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) could make it compulsory for employment agencies to check in on their foreign domestic workers during their period of employment, Minister of State for Manpower Gan Siow Huang said in Parliament on Monday (Mar 8).
“Although it’s not mandated for (employment agencies) to check in on the foreign domestic workers, we do know of some employment agencies that take the extra step in checking with the employers as well as the foreign domestic workers … we think this is a good practice, and there is scope for us to look at inst
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Old Raffles Girls School compound serving as Sunday gathering site for maids
Foreign domestic workers gather at the former Raffles Girls’ School at 20 Anderson Road on March 7, 2021.ST PHOTOS: MARK CHEONG
Filipino domestic workers dance at the former Raffles Girls’ School at 20 Anderson Road on March 7, 2021.ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
Indonesian domestic workers perform at the canteen of the former Raffles Girls’ School at 20 Anderson Road on March 7, 2021.ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
Filipino domestic workers play the guitar at the former Raffles Girls’ School at 20 Anderson Road on March 7, 2021.ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
Foreign domestic workers browse through shoes at a booth set up by the Salvation Army in the canteen of the former Raffles Girls’ School at 20 Anderson Road on March 7, 2021.ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
60% of employers penalised for discriminatory hiring showed nationality bias Toggle share menu
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60% of employers penalised for discriminatory hiring showed nationality bias
Office workers are seen in the financial business district in Singapore on Nov 23, 2020. (Photo: AFP/Roslan Rahman)
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SINGAPORE: Over the past three years, about 50 employers a year in Singapore have had their work pass privileges suspended for discriminatory hiring practices.
About 60 per cent of these cases each year involved nationality-based discrimination, Minister of State for Manpower Gan Siow Huang told Parliament on Thursday (Mar 4).
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Another one-third involved gender and age discrimination, split about equally between the two, while the remaining cases involved other types of discrimination, like race, marital status or family responsibilities, she said.