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A migrant domestic worker at work on Dec 28, 2020.GIN TAY
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The tightened Covid-19 border controls have left the migrant domestic worker (MDW) market strained, as fewer helpers have been allowed into Singapore since the pandemic.
This has led to the popularity of transfers among MDWs currently working here, but the process has not been smooth.
According to non-governmental organisations and employment agencies, MDWs have to obtain their current employers’ permission before they may transfer to a new employer, and many have been denied transfers amid the pandemic as employers claim it would be hard to find a new helper.