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Asia & Pacific 4 months ago
Hong Kong blaze spotlights enduring role of city's foreign domestic helpers
Among people who died in the Wang Fuk Court housing complex fire are some of the city's 368,000 foreign domestic helpers, mostly women contracted from low-income Asian countries like the Philippines and Indonesia, who live with their employers, often in cramped spaces.
Politics 7 months ago
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House resumes deliberation of domestic worker protection bill
The House of Representatives has resumed deliberations on the domestic worker protection bill this week, continuing their progress on the long-gestating piece of legislation which has picked up pace since earlier this year.
Politics 1 year ago
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Calls for domestic worker protection bill grow as House nears end of tenure
.Labor rights organizations have urged the House of Representatives to kick start the deliberation of the domestic worker protection bill before the end of its tenure in October, fearing that the long awaited piece of legislation will face a significant setback if lawmakers fail to do so.
Society 2 years ago
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Indonesia lifts ban on sending domestic workers to Middle East
The government has lifted a moratorium on sending Indonesian citizens to the Middle East as domestic workers but has cautioned that people who take up offers of employment in the region must follow the proper procedures to ensure they are fully protected.
Politics 3 years ago
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Domestic worker protection bill approved as House initiative
The House of Representatives finally approved the domestic worker protection bill (RUU PPRT) as a House initiative on Tuesday, taking the long-gestating bill one step closer to being passed into law after civil society groups publicly called on House Speaker Puan Maharani to resume deliberations on the bill.
