Despite years of lobbying by various NGOs concerned with foreign workers in Singapore, the government continues to reject calls to include foriegn domestic workers within the ambit of the Employment Act which mandates a minimum of one rest day a week.
As the article below reveals, only 50 percent of maids in Singapore are given a regular day off by their employers. Some of them do not even get an irregular day off, but work continuously seven days a week for the entire duration of their contract. Read the rest of this entry »
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