Domestic workers

What’s your domestic help problem?

Published by rudy Date posted on July 23, 2009

Last Sunday, I fired our two live-in house helpers after discovering that, instead of keeping an eye on the house while we were out, they themselves went out and then sneaked back in the wee hours of the morning. When confronted, they did not deny that they had done it before. Because we have live-in…

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Filipina maid abused in Singapore

Published by rudy Date posted on July 20, 2009

MANILA, Philippines—A Filipina maid who bore bruises and scars from suspected physical abuse is urged to file charges against her former employer.

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Group slams draft Saudi law

Published by rudy Date posted on July 13, 2009

SAUDI Arabia’s new draft law to protect domestic workers from abusive working conditions and unpaid wages “falls short” of international standards, Human Rights Watch said.

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Maid assaulted for serving half-cooked meal

Published by rudy Date posted on July 4, 2009

A FILIPINO maid was grabbed by the hair, had her head pushed to the floor and was ordered to bow 100 times for serving up a partly cooked meal, the Tsuen Wan Magistrates Court was told yesterday.

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Action to protect maids

Published by rudy Date posted on June 26, 2009

JAKARTA – INDONESIA ordered employment agencies to stop sending its citizens to Malaysia to work as maids following a flood of complaints from domestic workers that their employers abused them, a government minister said on Thursday.

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Recruiter, actress’ aide charged in maid maltreatment case

Published by rudy Date posted on June 24, 2008

The recruiter of the 17-year-old housemaid and the girl Friday of former actress Princess Revilla were charged with physical injury, child labor and child abuse yesterday before the Pasig City prosecutor’s office.

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