Domestic worker

A $180 loan, a $1,040 demand: The debt traps ensnaring domestic workers

A shop advertising Hulugan – a buy-now-pay-later retail service – in Lucky Plaza.

‘I’ve been exactly where they are’: She overcame her own debt trap, now helps other domestic workers

Cell group leader Monette overcame her own debt trap and now helps other foreign domestic workers.

Falling deeper into debt, foreign domestic worker in Singapore worries about what comes next

Pastor Billy Lee and cell group leader Monette speak with foreign domestic workers struggling with debt during a support session on Oct 11.

Scammed domestic worker starts over with help from Singapore charity

Nur Bayani took financial literacy lessons with Aidha, a charity empowering migrant domestic workers and low-income women.

My long-time helper is back after a Stage 4 cancer diagnosis. I’m grateful

For some domestic helpers, home spans both the place they came to for work and their birthplace, where people they cherish still live, says the writer.

‘Wish Papa was here’: The pain of long-distance parenting for S’pore’s foreign workers

Sayeed Md Abu, a migrant worker who joined the I.C.A.N. Fathering Workshop, with photos of his family. He has two daughters aged 6 and 10.

MOM investigating after helper falls from height while window cleaning

In an online video, a woman is seen lying at the foot of a building with a squeegee nearby.

Jail for helper who threw bottle that struck elderly woman’s face, stole from employer

Eka Yulianti Suryanto is sentenced to 16 weeks’ jail after pleading guilty to one count each of theft and performing a rash act.

Woman and man face multiple charges over abuse of domestic helper in unrelated cases

Tay Seok Kheng was handed 13 charges, while Mohamad Azwan Sohaimi was handed three.

Forum: Training domestic helpers in dementia care can do only so much

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