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  2. Human rights in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    Previously, the recruitment fees of domestic workers can be up to 40% of the workers salary in a two-year contract. In 2020, the Singapore government announced that a law will be legislated that will pass the cost of placement fee to employers, as a way for the country to reduce its reliance on domestic workers. [36]

  3. Convention on Domestic Workers - Wikipedia

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    The Convention on Domestic Workers, formally the Convention concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers is a convention setting labour standards for domestic workers. It is the 189th ILO convention and was adopted during the 100th session of the International Labour Organization, in 16 June 2011. [2] It entered into force on 5 September 2013. [1]

  4. Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore (2021)

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    MOM announced that from 5 February, foreign domestic workers and confinement nannies arriving in Singapore would be required to take a COVID-19 serology test. [21] In addition, newly arrived work permit and S-pass holders who work in the construction, marine and process sectors would be required to go through an extra 7-day testing regime after ...

  5. Plight of abused foreign domestic workers who seek justice ...

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    SINGAPORE — Hartatik* was in her third month of employment in Singapore in 2017 when the Indonesian domestic worker began to experience constant physical abuse by her employers.

  6. Migrant domestic workers - Wikipedia

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    Migrant domestic workers are (according to the International Labour Organization’s Convention No. 189 and the International Organization for Migration) any persons "moving to another country or region to better their material or social conditions and improve the prospect for themselves or their family," [1] engaged in a work relationship performing "in or for a household or households."

  7. Singapore's population grows 5% as foreign workers return ...

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    Singapore's population grew 5% in a year as foreign workers returned to the city-state following the pandemic, data released on Friday showed. There were 5.9 million people in Singapore as of June ...

  8. Singapore tightens border rules for travellers from Indonesia

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    Singapore is tightening border measures for travellers from Indonesia, amid the worsening COVID-19 situation in the neighbouring country.

  9. 2020–21 Singapore circuit breaker measures - Wikipedia

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    On 3 April 2020, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced a nationwide partial lockdown, known as a circuit breaker, to contain the spread of COVID-19 in Singapore. These measures came after an increase of unlinked cases over the preceding month, as well as the risk of a huge cluster of infections.