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Ministry of Manpower 1 August 2012 6th FDW employer fined in the first seven months of 2012 A 40-year-old Singaporean foreign domestic worker (FDW) employer, Toh E-Yeong, was sentenced in the Subordinate Courts on 31 July 2012 for 10 charges of failing to pay his two FDWs salaries punctually, as required under the Work Permit Conditions. Further, Toh continued to employ his FDWs when

Ministry of Manpower 12 June 2012 First such custodial sentence since Employment Agencies Act amended in 2011   In a landmark case of an unlicensed employment agent, 39-year-old Chua Mei Chern (“Chua”) was sentenced to 10 weeks’ jail under the revised Employment Agencies Act for operating an unlicensed employment agency (EA). On 4 May 2012, Chua pleaded guil

Ministry of Manpower 4 June 2012 MOM to send safety circular to all FDW employers The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has been deeply concerned about the recent spate of Foreign Domestic Worker (FDW) work-related fatalities. Since January 2012, there have been nine work-related FDW fall from heights fatalities, compared to four cases for the whole of 2011 and eight in 2010. Our investigatio

Ministry of Manpower 3 May 2012  First employer to be convicted this year  In the Subordinate Courts today, Madam Gan Hui Leung, a 46-year-old Singaporean foreign domestic worker (FDW) employer, became the first to be convicted this year for failing to ensure the safety of her FDW who fell from height in Nov 2011 and subsequently died from her injuries. Gan was fined a maximu

Ministry of Manpower 13 April 2012 Entry Test to be replaced by the new SIP With effect from 1 May 2012, all first-time foreign domestic workers (FDWs) will attend the one-day Settling-In Programme (SIP), conducted in English or in the FDWs’ native languages. The SIP aims to better orientate and equip FDWs with basic knowledge about living and working safely in Singapore. As an

Ministry of Manpower 5 March 2012 Flexibility to compensate worker with pay   The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) will require a weekly rest day for foreign domestic workers (FDWs), while providing employers the flexibility to compensate their FDWs with extra pay if the FDW agrees to work on their rest day. The new weekly rest day requirement will apply to FDWs whose work permits are