Members of parliament in Singapore take up issues related to labour migrationa and recruitment in the latest Parliament Committe of Supply 2021 debate. Singapore oposition leader, MP Pritam Singh states that it is time for for Singpore to come down harder... read more
The Straits Times | 2 January 2019 A planned scheme to grade maid employment agencies and boost the professionalism of the industry has been delayed for over a year after several issues were raised during consultation sessions. The Trustmark scheme was fi... read more
Channel News Asia | 13 November 2018 SINGAPORE: An employment agent who took to online marketplace Carousell to advertise maids on behalf of her agency SRC Recruitment was on Tuesday (Nov 13) fined S$20,000. Erleena Mohd Ali, 41, is the first to be prosec... read more
Today Online | 5 November 2018 SINGAPORE — Forget about Singapore’s foreign worker curbs easing up — at least on the low-skilled end. Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat says the policy to limit the inflow of cheap non-Singaporean labour has forced comp... read more
Published by Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME) Singapore and Liberty Shared The report examines the issue of forced labour (FL) among Singapore’s migrant domestic worker (MDW) population. Enaged in essential care and household... read more
Channel News Asia | 21 October 2018 SINGAPORE: In early October this year, Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM) charged a local employment agency, with “insensitive advertising” of foreign domestic workers (FDW). The agency was found to have place... read more
The Straits Timnes | 4 October 2018 SINGAPORE – Employment agency SRC Recruitment and one of its staff were on Thursday (Oct 4) slapped with 243 charges for “selling” maids on online marketplace Carousell. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) ... read more
Channel News Asia | 4 October 2018 SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Thursday (Oct 4) prosecuted SRC Recruitment and one of its Employment Agency (EA) employees, Erleena Mohd Ali, for “insensitive advertising” of foreign domestic wo... read more
MENAFN | 24 September 2018 The Singapore government’s pilot Household Services Scheme has won plenty of support among foreign domestic workers, with some saying it offers higher earnings, greater freedom and more rest time. Introduced a year ago by ... read more
Singapore Business Review | 21 September 2018 Faced with an ageing population and a crunch in high-tech workers, Singapore is still on the lookout for foreign talent to deal with software programming whilst the city-state is still improving its education ... read more