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The Jakarta Post, 8 Dec 2011
With over 200,000 domestic workers employed and one in every six households, Singapore is one of the world’s top employers of maids. Hence, the role of domestic workers is crucial to the professional lives and careers of women in Singapore, who depend on them to care for the household and would otherwise have to quit their jobs in the event that such help became unavailable.
Over 90 percent of countries have implemented some form of minimum wage legislation. In the last decade, more countries in the Asia-Pacific region have also introduced such measures, including Indonesia, Mongolia, Vietnam, China and Cambodia. Full story
OPINION: Better protection for domestic workers in Singapore - Sri Ranjini Mei Hua
The Jakarta Post, 8 Dec 2011With over 200,000 domestic workers employed and one in every six households, Singapore is one of the world’s top employers of maids. Hence, the role of domestic workers is crucial to the professional lives and careers of women in Singapore, who depend on them to care for the household and would otherwise have to quit their jobs in the event that such help became unavailable.
Over 90 percent of countries have implemented some form of minimum wage legislation. In the last decade, more countries in the Asia-Pacific region have also introduced such measures, including Indonesia, Mongolia, Vietnam, China and Cambodia. Full story
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