Singapore News - Describing the abuse suffered by Myanmar domestic helper Piang Ngaih Don at the hands of her employer as appalling, Manpower Minister Josephine Teo said it should never have happened and urged the community to help look out for and report signs of abuse of foreign. Read more at www.tnp.sg
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): The abuse suffered by Myanmar domestic helper Piang Ngaih Don must never happen again, and the Government is reviewing three key areas to ensure this.
Thursday, 25 Feb 2021 08:45 AM MYT
(Left) An old picture of Piang Ngaih Don. (Right) Prema S Naraynasamy and her daughter Gaiyathiri Murugayan, both in bodily restraints, being escorted separately to their Bishan flat by police investigators in August 2016. Pictures via Facebook and TODAY
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SINGAPORE, Feb 25 The family whose foreign domestic worker was abused to death had hired four others before, but the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) did not receive any complaints or “adverse feedback” from those previous workers.
In a statement yesterday giving more details on the deceased Myanmar worker Piang Ngaih Don, 24, who was starved and abused to death by her employer Gaiyathiri Murugayan over nine months, MOM said that it has safeguards in place to prevent the abuse of maids.
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Areas under study include safeguards against abusive bosses and reporting system for docs
The case of Ms Piang Ngaih Don has brought the issue of maid abuse back into sharp focus. PHOTO: HELPING HANDS FOR MIGRANT WORKERS
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Published: 25 February 2021
Separately, Manpower Minister Josephine Teo shared updates on Singapore s employment trends, as well as expected severity of retrenchment in the coming months.
On Wednesday (24 February), Singapore Labour Members of Parliament (Labour MPs) came together to debate the recent Singapore Budget 2021, stressing focus on topics such as the Progressive Wage Model, support for employees in working from home, respecting diversity at the workplace, and more.
These are summarised below.
Speech focus: Uplifting lower wage workers, and supporting workers training and business transformation
In his speech, Dr Koh shared more about NTUC s aspirations and ideas to expand progressive wages and practices to uplift lower wage workers (LWW), ensuring that wages and careers do not stagnate over time.