There are currently around 230,000 Foreign Domestic Workers (FDWs, frequently referred to as maids) in Singapore 1. Workers arriving into Singapore from overseas would typically shoulder loans worth 7 months of their salary 2. This loan amount is initially paid by the employer to the maid agency, and deducted from the worker’s salary on a […]
Click here to read full postDear friends of Anisya, Please be informed that the Anisya website is only for foreign domestic worker job in Singapore. Anisya as an employment agency registered with MOM can process transfer applications within Singapore, and also overseas hires from Indonesia. There are occasionally posts for domestic worker jobs in other countries. Anisya has no ability to verify if […]
Click here to read full postBy ANITA RACHMAN Original article at http://blogs.wsj.com/indonesiarealtime/2015/02/17/migrant-group-defends-indonesian-maid-program/ A migrant group is raising alarms about President Joko Widodo’s plan to gradually stop sending Indonesians to work abroad as maids, calling it “discriminatory” against women. Millions of Indonesian women leave for comparatively higher paid work in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and elsewhere. But a series of high-profile abuse […]
Click here to read full postBy Amelia Tan A potential ban on Indonesian maids working overseas will have a major impact on Singapore, which depends heavily on Indonesia for domestic help, said maid agents here. There are 125,000 Indonesian maids in Singapore, based on Indonesian Embassy estimates, making up about half of the 218,300 domestic worker population here. “Indonesia has […]
Click here to read full postOriginal article at: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/south-east-asia/story/brace-indonesian-maid-supply-cut-say-agencies-malaysia-20150216#sthash.b7Xo8xnk.dpuf PETALING JAYA (The Star/Asia News Network) – Malaysians must get ready for a possible move by Indonesia to cut off the supply of its domestic helpers, maid agency associations said. Referring to Indonesian president Joko Widodo’s announcement on Friday that he wants women in his country to stop working as overseas maids […]
Click here to read full postOriginal artcle at http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/south-east-asia/story/indonesia-will-stop-sending-its-women-work-maids-overseas-says-jokow By Zubaidah Nazeer Indonesia Bureau Chief In Jakarta President Joko Widodo said Indonesia will stop sending its women to work as maids overseas to preserve the country’s dignity – and is working on a target to enforce this. “I have given Manpower Minister a target to come up with a […]
Click here to read full postOriginal article at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/hiring-maids-becoming-dearer-new-rules SINGAPORE – Tighter regulations may soon make hiring foreign maids from Indonesia and the Philippines a more costly affair. The Philippine government is looking to introduce a quota on foreign maids in Singapore, which could see the supply of maids here dropping by as much as 20 per cent. The Indonesian […]
Click here to read full postBy KIM BARKER October 9, 2014 The women came from different countries with the same dream: to leave behind the poverty of their villages. But instead of working as domestic help, they found themselves in a kind of prison, employed by people who treated them like something less than human. One was stabbed with a knife, […]
Click here to read full postDear Members, We have been receiving several feedback on members sending out interview requests and not receiving any responses from many of these accounts. As such, we will be deactivating ads on unresponsive accounts to keep our website updated. If you find your ad deactivated, you can reactivate it again or ask us for assistance. However, […]
Click here to read full postWe’ve found that when it comes to contract renewal and if a domestic worker has decided not to continue with her current employer, she often starts looking for a new employer only towards the final weeks of the contract. This presents 2 problems. The domestic worker needs to find a new employer within a short […]
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