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Maids
- Maids with employment problems should complain to:
Ministry of Manpower's Foreign Workers Unit at Tel: (65) 6317 1298
ARTICLES
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Compulsory day off for maids
- Employer-Maid
Relationship
- Book
Review: The Guide To Employing & Managing A Live-in Maid
- Illegal
employment/deployment of foreign domestic workers
Web Sites
A-cubemicro.com
specialises in office cleaning, commercial property cleaning,
carpet cleaning, one-time house cleaning, pre-move in house cleaning,
weekly house cleaning, part-time maids, full-time maids (provided by
our reliable licensed partner company), babysitting, babysitters,
childcare, confinement nanny, marble polishing, parquet polishing,
parquet varnishing, house moving, house movers, curtain laundry, dry
cleaning, carpet tile supply & installation, renovation, interior
design, air-con servicing & repairs, house & office painting, lawn
mowing & grass cutting, high pressure water jet cleaning & spraying. Email:
alphalht@singnet.com.sg now! Pls also visit 1st website: A-cubemicro.com 2nd
website: www.house-office-carpet-cleaning.com now! Auk.com.sg provides maids. Located in
Bukit Timah Shopping Centre. Lucky.com.sg has nannies,
housekeepers, caregivers, and new maids for hire.
Maid-Force.com is a maid
recruitment agency located in Lucky Plaza.
MaidPower.com is a maid recruitment
agency located in Peninsula Plaza.
MaidLibrary.com.sg has a list
of about 400 available maids from 12 maid agencies for you to browse
through free of charge. You can take a look at pictures as well as the
maids' biodata.
NewWay.com.sg is a maid recruitment
agency located in Far East Plaza and Coronation Plaza. ParcoEmp.com is a maid recruitment
agency. Simei.com.sg is a maid recruitment
agency located in East Point Mall.
NEWS SNIPPETS
- Singapore Forums
2007
See also Community
News
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MOM revokes licences of three employment agencies |
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The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has revoked
the licences and forfeited the security deposits of three employment
agencies (EA) - Ms Bushra Employment Agency, CM Manpower Centre Pte Ltd
and Angel Maids Agency. |
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These EAs have breached the Employment
Agencies Act by illegally deploying foreign domestic workers (FDWs)
to perform work at households when they have not obtained valid
work passes1... |
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Employer-financed insurance for medical expenses of
foreign workers |
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The Ministry of Manpower will require
employers to purchase and maintain insurance for the medical expenses of
foreign workers from 1 January 2008. |
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This requirement is being implemented in
tandem with the withdrawal of healthcare subsidies for foreigners1,
which was previously announced by the Ministry of Health. The
requirement will apply to: |
- All new and existing foreign workers
on Work Permit or S Pass from 1 January 2008.
- All new foreign domestic workers, and
existing foreign domestic workers when employers renew their Work
Permits, from 1 January 2008.
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2006
Foreign domestic maids get one-day off in new standard
contract |
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"This contract is designed to help
smoothen employer/employee relationships from the onset, by
minimising any ambiguities on the employment terms. |
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"For example, the contract will
include the stipulation of the minimum of one day-off
entitlement for the Foreign Domestic Workers (FDWs).
However, if the day-off is not taken, the employer will have to
compensate the FDW in cash..." |
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"Tailor-maid for the elderly" The Straits Times 11 Jan 2006
(4) |
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"...According
to the Ministry of Manpower, there are 150,000 foreign
domestic workers in Singapore. But it was unable to say how
many were hired specifically to look after the elderly. |
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"Maid agencies
interviewed estimate that 30 per cent of the 150,000 figure
- or 45,000 - are engaged for that purpose, with employers
generally preferring Indonesians..." |
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Manpower Ministry revokes maid employment agency's licence |
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"The EA had failed to provide acceptable
housing for FDWs under its charge by housing them in the kitchen and
backyard of a house. |
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"In a separate incident, the EA also withheld
the passports of FDWs placed by them. Finally, the EA had failed to
repatriate an FDW upon the revocation of the in-principle approval of
her work permit within the Ministry’s stipulated deadline of 14 days..." |
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2005
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Manpower Ministry responds to HRW's report on maids in Singapore
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Foreigners to get no subsidy at polyclinics from 2006
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Compulsory day
off for maids
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Medical subsidies for foreign workers being reviewed
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Man jailed for employing foreigners without work permits
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Ministry of Manpower fine tunes foreign worker policy
2004
- Employer
ordered to compensate maid for failure to pay her salary
- Minimum
age for maids to go up to 23 in 2005
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