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She was in the Philippines on home leave, but her employer in Singapore terminated her work permit before she could even return.
Sharing the story of the Filipina, who is a foreign domestic worker (FDW) here, Mr Michael Khan, director of employment agency Workforce Manpower, told The New Paper: “She wanted to come back, but her employer did not want her to return because she was afraid she might bring the virus back.
“Her employer told her she could not afford to pay her if she was quarantined, and just decided to cancel her work permit. The maid is now jobless, and very unhappy about it.”
This is an example of employers taking extreme measures in response to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) announcement on March 15 that all new or returning FDWs must serve a 14-day stay-home notice.
On top of that, growing tensions between FDWs and employers over rest day arrangements have surfaced, even before MOM’s advisory last Saturday urged maids to stay home on their rest days.
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