When Maids Fall Pregnant: Labour Pains Of Foreign Domestic Workers In Singapore | Undercover Asia
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 มี.ค. 2023
- Pregnancy for many is a joyous revelation. But for migrant domestic helpers in Singapore, the discovery results in automatic expulsion, and possibly a lifetime work ban. The rules are so strict that employers are expected to report their helper’s pregnancy to the authorities.
It is reported that about 170 pregnant domestic helpers are sent home each year. But actual figures could be higher because many of them hide their pregnancies and resort to illegal abortion methods in Singapore and neighbouring Batam to avoid losing their jobs for good. Employers are also not spared - they have to pay the price of repatriation.
Why do domestic helpers still get pregnant despite the strict rules, and what happens when they turn to dangerous measures in desperation? Undercover Asia explores if there’s a better way to deal with maid pregnancies.
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I feel so bad for the employer named Jewel. She helped the helper out of the goodness of her heart and in the end she was penalized for it 😢
She had no choice. She was screwed because the COVID restrictions were in place
+1
The helper (and her boyfriend) stabbed her back. Horrible.
That's why they say be careful of those you pity! They might turn around a return your kindness with malice
How unfair! 😡
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FDW are reminded not to get pregnancy by their agency and/or employers. Shouldn't male foreign workers also be reminded not to get the FDW pregnant, resulting in unwanted/unplanned pregnancy ?
I agree that the men that caused the pregnancy should also take the responsibilities. Like what Jewel said, they just got a girl pregnant, girl gets deported, cycle repeats again. They didn't recieve any consequences like not wearing a condom. Some even had a family like why you betray your family and hurt them?
They did received consequences. They obviously had to go through the hassle of replacing their partner
+1
@@John_Smith_86 it isn't hassle to men to replace a new sex partner. It is something they enjoy doing by nature
Men who impregnate any woman should be paying child support until the children become adults.
@@John_Smith_86oh poor them 😂😂😂
Don't get pregnant. No matter how sweet, caring those men are. Life is hard for you, Don't make it harder.
we always carry at least condoms in our pocket.
Sometimes women are held against their will and forced to have sex. Some are raped and left pregnant with a bastard. Some men would kill if they don't get sex.
Guess what it takes TWO 🥴🥴🥴🥴
Talking like women just choose when to get pregnant...often birth control can fail, or there can be sexual assault. This law is just absurd and there are better ways around this issue
@@thaoto3455Or pepper spray...
This is why ladies need to protect themselves, if you get pregnant the man normally does not suffer much consequences 😢
Way too much responsibility is pushed on the Employer. How about the maid & the one getting her pregnant?
An employer should never be financially responsible for their pregnant worker unless they fathered the child. The fathers not supporting the moms and babies is a global problem, it's not just in Singapore or that area of the world. It's EVERYWHERE! I am in Canada and raised 2 boys myself so I know first hand what it's like. It's too easy for a man to make a baby and walk away from it. The mother needs emotional and financial support not just in pregnancy but for 18 years of the childs life until they can support themselves!
That’s terrible in Hong Kong for the burden to be placed on the employer. I would opt out of having a domestic worker.
Simply opt out. If you hire a domestic worker, you are an employer. An employer must provide worker's benefits, including maternity leave, domestic work or not. Otherwise clean up after yourself.
I believe the law is not due to their permits or skills. There are some maids that end up married singaporean and have children here. The law is because of cost of giving birth and raising children in Singapore. Singapore is the most expensive city in the world.
The maids are here to work and earn money for their family back home. Giving birth itself can easily cost 5 or 35 times their salaries if there is complication. This is not including the monthly check up and the cost of raising a child. Even for Singaporeans, having children is costly.
I feel bad for Jewel and HK employeer. These domestic workers are adults they should understand their action, consequnces and responsible of their actions. It is not unplan pregnancy if they skipped protections.
Worse is employers need to fork out their plane ticket back etc, n paid more fees for replacement maid even thou employer’s fault
Support Singapore's current policy on pregnant FDW and not like the ridiculous law like Hong Kong. Imagine you employ a helper to help you out but ended up forking out more money to look after her instead. What next? Buy a house for the helper and apply citizenship for her and the kid?
To those helpers engaging in sexual acts, you should at least use contraceptives but if both you and your partner are unwilling or unable to afford to do so, then be prepared to face the consequences of breaking the law. Do not expect the authorities to take pity that you need the job (cos if you really need, you would not have violated the law in the first place.) If the man allows or does not care if you get pregnant illegally, he is already a jerk.
So why not just legalize abortions for the foreign workers in Singapore? If they get pregnant and they want to stay, they then can get a legal and safe abortion
@@monde9570 And who do you suggest to pay for the abortion should the FDW be unable to fork out the money (which very likely this is usually the case)?
@@monde9570 it is legal even for domestic workers but the cost is a deterrent. The abortion should definitely be borne by those maids obviously, like why should the employer pay for it.
Why do you expect to have your cake at eat it too? Love and child rearing are basic parts of human existence and fundamental human rights. Nobody is forcing you to import domestic workers, you could just do your housework yourself rather than bringing people in and then treating them as machines instead of humans. If you’re going to hire them, then treat them with dignity
@@apw9929 they know they are not supposed to be get pregnant while on their job, but they do it anyways. So, shouldnt they bear the cost?
Wear protection, don’t sacrifice yrself just for few min of lust..pls think far ahead of all the consequences of everything before doing anything..
if your helper gets knocked up the employer have to pay out of the nose for everything if there is no recourse to send her back. Wow, so if the helper decides to have the child, that means the employer have to pay for her medical bills and the birth of the child from another stranger. fantastic loop hole.
How is Jewel's fault. So unfair for her
If I were Jewell I'd just send her home. 1. Kill a baby if you retain the helper 2. The helper might repeat the same action 3. Better to get the mom to take care of her own baby than force her to continue to work 4. Abortion affects future fertility
Deterrents like telling them not to get pregnant, 6 monthly pregnancy tests, or strict laws will only do so much. In the end, they are humans just like us. Some of them are lonely, and will get into a relationship and have sexual relations no matter what the employer or agency says. They are their own adults. Perhaps for this group of workers, it is also about increasing access to birth control pills, morning after pills and condoms to prevent the pregnancy - it may be the best "win-win" situation for both the employer and the domestic worker.
It's a great POV friend! Felt sad when they say they don't want the non skill worker kids getting the citizenship. I mean i understand singapore doesn't have any natural resource so they required skilled workforce to compete, but it just sound bad when they speak it out loud in the video..
FYI if the kid is born in sg and usually the mother or father respective country will give the citizenship not Singapore since neither of them are Singapore citizen!!
You're right but what i mean is we don't have to be down right telling em, you guys are not welcome kinda tone cause their skills is replaceable. Instead of barring em from working in singapore, maybe they can send em back to their country and come back when they're settle with the pregnancy. The law push em to commit abortion etc, then you'll tell me they shouldn't have gotten pregnant in the first place. But they're only human, and human have the tendency of making mistakes. That's my pov we don't have to agree with each other though :)
This type who agree and sign the contract not to get pregnant then still get pregnant should be depot out of Singapore and permanently banned from entering.
They have major morals issue thus they are unwelcome.
@@indiegameshark2520 by your standards all criminal should be forgiven n escape from law? Lol tell that to the rapist who assault the women in your household.
Singapore already make them know of the law and make them sign the contract. If they cannot even protect themselves and have morale issue then why will we want them to ruin our society?
Singapore do not need people with morale issues and criminals who cannot even protect themselves.
change the DH off day to only Saturday and the rest of the construction worker stays on Sunday....
I was raised by foreign domestic helpers and am now strongly against this idea.
No one should be working overseas without freedom and choices. Places like Hong Kong and Singapore needs foreign domestic helpers because local employers have extremely long working hours that they cannot take care of household chores. Places like Philippines and Indonesia did not tackle their unemployment rate because the government can encourage women to work overseas and earn more than working locally.
Without breaking the chain, both the employer's and employee's own countries would not address their issues properly and those poor women will forever suffer.
They can get pregnant, but they just cant stay on... because who would then bear the cost? Are they supposed to continue working while being pregnant? What if she miscarriage etc...? It just doesnt seem feasible in the long run for these FDWs
Sometimes activists talk ….. Prefer Singapore’s law. People may think that it’s an unjust law but domestic helpers are here to work in the first place. If they want to have boyfriends and have fun, then take the precautions. This is called responsibility.
What a lovely person you are 🥴
@@Liverpoolboy01 U TOO! 🥴🥴
True
The shelter is amazing 😍😍 how can I make a donation? They are protecting lives.
Googling it could be helpful. I don't think one can post about it
That Sunny is sooo entitled. She was already not given a jail sentence, and yet she still thinks that such maids should be permitted back into Singapore.
i feel abd for all thee women who had been cheated on ( both the domestic worker and the wife ) , knowing their partners arent even there for them must hurt
Some of them hook up with Singaporean Men with intend to marry, get a PR status (then divorce) to work a better place.
What is worst is that some of them are already married back in their hometown.
Rahayu is 😍👍💯😇.
I can't help but feel sorry for Jewel. I really hope that that helper and her partner get some bad karma. I also agree with her point that the men must be punished as well. There should be an avenue for the women to tell their employers about the male culprits. Or, MOM should have a law for the men who are guilty of getting the domestic workers pregnant.
I also wonder, what if the pregnancy was a result from rape? If the women report it to the employers, do they still get punished or deported?
It is the right of the men to have sex with consenting adults
@@John_Smith_86 sure, but bring a condom
Singapore law is very strict. They can report to police if there is no consent and the law punish severly. All of the pregnancy cases are due to 2 consenting adults.
I think one of the points that the article brings up is that the law is very one-sided in Singapore. The point is that the Singaporean is protected but anyone else is not even if there is law stating that it should be the case. Showing the HK extreme lets us see what the opposite extreme will do in the same situation. Ultimately, they were trying to ask if this is the way we treat the people who aren't Singaporean? Or, as long as they aren't Singaporean, we can do and set rules as we please? What would that do to Singapore's prestige if other countries do not share the appraisal the situation?
@@John_Smith_86 Huh? It is also a woman's right to have sex with a consenting adult. So, what is your point??
We, in Singapore, should not follow HK. That could be a disaster.
If you hire a domestic worker, you are an employer. An employer must provide worker's benefits, including maternity leave, domestic work or not. Otherwise clean up after yourself.
@@nincigo9499being a maid is a physical job. Do you think they can do their job while pregnant? No such thing as doing light work as compared to being in a corporate/office role. So what for 2-4 year contract we will have to let the FDW rest for 9 months while we pay her and do the chores for her? Even if you accept that what happens after the child is born? Who will have to look after the child? Who will have to pay for ALL her fees? including medical fees? Food? Clothing? Please remember she is here alone with no family.
@@nincigo9499 she's worker as a domestic helper, not some office worker on other work pass....
Make contraceptives free and stop charging through the teeth for a 30 minute procedure.
I can barely control the rage I feel right now.
So much entitled and so much stupidity, an unwanted child should be the least of people's concerns.
STDs have a Renaissance right now here in Europe.
Especially married men don't only jeopardize their own miserable lives, they also infect their wives.
This is how women find out their husbands are cheating on them.
can you put subtitles for everyone? don't understand the Singlish accent..........
Bewildering- It is not UNPLANNED if you don't use protection
Even for companies in singapore, they can claim from government for employees maternity leave. Its fully sponsored. Makes no sense if helper gets knocked up , employer have to pay full cost.
Shelter lady and their team in batam that is whats called a TRUE BLESSING
Do not having sex if you don't want a baby..
Amen sister
rape?
@@nincigo9499 rape is another situation. So u think those got rape didn't get any support or all pregnant maid in Singapore are raped?
99% are they horny open leg for construction worker to poke. These are the type of women this video is covering and this are the type of women we are rejecting.
Why are you so desperate to defend such maid? Are you one of them who got pregnant by some Indian workers?
Exactly!
Singapore doesn’t fool around with their laws. Right or wrong their country their rules.
Hong Kong domestic worker law is ridiculous. Why does the employer has to bear the financial burden for a pregnant Domestic worker??? Is he her husband???
It’s not even a white collar job but 14 weeks paid leave and I’d still take care of you???
The first time I realised law can be very unreasonable and unjust, when it meant to be just
You could simply decide to do your own housework if you don’t want to take the risk lmao. Childbearing is a fundamental human right while having someone else do your housework for a minimum wage is not. Domestic workers are humans too, not subhuman slaves to be disposed of for engaging in the most basic human activities. How entitled can you be that you think the victim here is the person who is inconvenienced by losing their below-minimum-wage slave?
@@apw9929 if you want to exercise your fundamental human right, dont work as a domestic worker? Are you obstute? Or are you one of those that sees it as a lucrative business since someone else will pay for your pregnancy?
SG is not USA.
The activists who say it is discriminatory towards FDW, but what about the poor employers who were not at all at fault for causing the pregnancy? It's always unfair to the employer because they have to foot all the bills.
This is the difference from other WP, SP, EP holders, their employers are not responsible for the gynae and maternity hospitalisation charges.
Nobody forced the employers to hire an indentured servant at less than minimum wage. Sex and pregnancy is something that inevitably comes with human existence. If they didn’t consider the fact that foreign laborers are also humans and therefore naturally will fall in love or become pregnant, then that’s their fault for looking at domestic workers as subhuman labor units and not full human beings with everything that entails.
@@apw9929 there's no minmum wage in SG, and the rule against pregnancy is set by the authorities not by the employer. Yet when it happens, the employer is blamed and has to foot the bills of repatriation plus costs of hiring a new helper. I never said the employer was forced into anything, just like to point out a different perspective. Nobody forced the helper to come over also
@@apw9929yes!
If you hire a domestic worker, you are an employer. An employer must provide worker's benefits, including maternity leave, domestic work or not. Otherwise clean up after yourself.
@@nincigo9499 maternity leave and hospitalisation are two matters. Corporate world doesn't really offer the latter. I think it's far too generalising to say oh the employer must pay for everything and take all responsibilities even when the helpers are errant
Cna is simply fantastic...😘
It’s pretty sad that young girls moving to another country to be a maid to provide for herself and her family is a better option than staying in their country of origin. I have a family member from the Philippines that moved to Dubai to be a barista to provide for her teenage son who is now being cared for by his elderly grandparents. It doesn’t make sense. Theses countries need to do better to their citizens and provide viable jobs to keep them in their country of origin.
sadly for some of these countries, their citizens working in other countries contribute substantially to their GDP
16 minutes in. I understand the situation, or at least trying to. Both parties, man AND woman should use contraception. 16 mins in and it got me thinking, these people can't be expecting a PS5 as a result of having sex without contraception, right? RIGHT?
The one who suffers the most is the baby😔who has no say in anything nor ask to be born.
or when the baby gets put in a blender...
Oh god. After hearing blender, I cannot watch further 😢
Agreed
Yeah. Just horrible😱
terrible
Human rights at its best
Why not let them go back to give birth and take them back afterwards? Making rules that force them to get abortion is cruel.
And where is the baby while they are working?
People with limited capability has unlimited potential to do stupid stuff even if they're good in nature.
Sympathising and going beyond to help them doesn't do any good to you.
If you hire a domestic worker, you are an employer. An employer must provide worker's benefits, including maternity leave, domestic work or not. "Stupid" or smart, a worker is a worker. If you not value its work, do it yourself.
@@nincigo9499 if you do not even know Singapore domestic worker rules then go Google before barking like a female puppy.
Did you got pregnant by Indian worker so now expect we Singaporean to raise your baby for you despite the fact you sign a contract of not getting pregnant during your contract?
You went around to multiple comments to demand people to give dishonest, irresponsible maid who sign a contract then break it. Also a maid who open her legs to serve man who aren't her husband.
@@nincigo9499 want to enjoy getting poke and give birth to baby in Singapore and expect Singaporean to raise your baby for you and then use the baby to hack a Singapore citizenship? You wet dreams?
@@nincigo9499 even if the employer provide maternity leave of 6 weeks. During this 6 weeks can the maid move out of employer house since she is on maternity leave?
Then make sure she able to self finance her accommodation and feed herself and her baby during her maternity leave.
Once her maternity leave ended, makes sure she don't bring a baby to work when a newborn need to eat every 2hours.
Most importantly that maid cannot expect a single cent from any Singaporean.
If all your maids can do that then we talk.
They are a burden in singapores heath care system. rules are rules in Singapore
Look at the west . People flock there to try to get free healthcare
Singapore should allow it. But they need to pay for it first. All the workers know the rules
why? healthcare is free there?
@@lifeisgood2542 Healthcare isn’t free, it is paid by taxpayer money.
There is a simple solution to this: just hire male helpers.
The HK law is quite unfair for employers in my view.
If you hire a domestic worker, you are an employer. An employer must provide worker's benefits, including maternity leave, domestic work or other work, it should not be valued differently.
@@nincigo9499 she's worker as a domestic helper, not some office worker on other work pass... how is she going to continue her work while pregnant?
Going to work in another country and getting pregnant? Is this for citizenship benefits? Migrant workers should not abuse local government by malpractice that’s why they made this law.
Illegal immigrants from Africa do that in Europe all the time.
That way they can't be sent back home, their children are European citizens, their parents have the right to stay with them no matter what.
It breaks my heart whenever already pregnant women try to cross the Mediterranean Sea and then drown.
Canada has a similar problem, but not as tragic, women from China fly there to give birth.
They fly back with the baby, but when the child wants to come back later and go to college in Canada ... it would be for free.
The comments are kind of sad... Like the migrant workers are still humans! I don't think penalizing them for getting pregnant is really the best way to deal with this.
So you mean they should not take any PERSONAL responsibility for their own actions?
They are warned again and again and again before they CHOOSE to work in Singapore. Want to work in Singapore, obey Singapore law. Is it so difficult? Nobody forced them to work in Singapore. They can always go HK.
Whilst i agree there should be responsibility taken for it, not all migrant workers are blessed enough to choose where they work. As someone who has grown up around migrant areas i can tell you most have to work in certain countries because they need to send back money to their families. so whilst they "choose" to work there they are highly "influenced" by their situations. @@testusersg
"They are viewed as disposable population" - OUCH!
Just wanted to note, it's not criminal to get pregnant, but it's a responsibility. 2 different things, don't get them twisted.
Top six rules in any nation and top three rules for life.
Ask the maid to sign an agreement that upon condition like misbehaviour in all aspects, you will be deported home at your expense when they arrive in singapore to work, one copy for the Indonesia office, embassy and one for the Singapore agent, MOM and embassy.It is up to the discretion of mom Mr Tan to enforce strict rules and regulations on the maid simply to avoid trouble...
I think most of them can’t pay! What’s the use of the agreement 😂
No point signing agreement - FDWs send most of their salary home and the rest they spend. No money to pay for anything when they get pregnant. Employers are also not allowed to hold back FDW salary under any circumstance. FDW can complain to embassy and employer gets in trouble - again.
spoken like a true elite.
And why mus sg govt bear costs dun be ridiculous
CNA always make a great documentaries. Interesting and educational.
In this episode, why getting pregnant is like a crime? Especially when conceiving by her own husband? Maybe this law will apply for unmarried worker.
Or maybe give them proper documentation to exit Sg.
If they can't feed two, why have the third? Already population explosion happening at a rapid pace. Only a one child policy may save the world.
Because the risk is that the birth occurs within Singapore borders. Hence, the punishment for violation of the rules
Are you playing dumb? Getting pregnant is not breaking laws but getting pregnant & give births at others country to get green cards is breaking laws
Because Singapore must pay for the kids because they’re born illegal here.
Can you understand the different? I feel so bad for these young women
But before accept jobs they get agents explain & signed NO PREGNANT FOR MANY TIMES AT TRAINING.
While SINGAPORE is small island as hell & no natural resources, their water even not enough for themselves & need by it from Malaysia. So its even expensive for native & citizens to have kids.
I know their situation is bad, and they feel lonely & desperate sometimes, dating a man or have bf & have kids without control. But understand is understand but the problem the country they’re stay in short term working dont want your kids if you’re illegal here, they think you want greencard for your kids.
So if they found out you’re pregnant while working here & you sign at first is NO PREGNANT DURING WORKS - now you broken the contract so they deported send you back to your homeland
So the women can keep the kids & give birth at her country.
Singapore always know as STRICT LAWS COUNTRY. They don’t want illegal kids - to protect their citizens first.
Its sad for these girls - have unprotected sex with her bf. They must be carefully used condom & perms outside or use medicine pills.
I feel sad for young adults girl since they’re not experienced so they make mistakes but for mature women, they should know it better…
Using a condom is the best way of protection and make the guy pay for his own condom. It also protect against std.
After sex pill or the pills aren't good for the women health as they mess up with her hormones.
14:50 this lady is smart. She definitely understands the guys and the situation. Those women hope to promote to wife of their lover thus allow unprotected sex but after they got pregnant the lover tell them he is married.
It was distressing watching the reaction of the babies being blended!! I can't begin the think about what would compel someone to do that let alone the fetus's mother watching it happen..shocking doc
I hate that they see domestic workers as "unskilled" and "disposable". If they're so unnecessary, why do you keep hiring them? They're the reason many of your citizens have the option to become "highly skilled". If you have no maids, your "highly skilled" workers will have to balance housework with their office jobs. This is stupid!
Not so much as stupid, as a stark reality of the laws of Singapore. Hence, expectations versus reality. Thus, this is the lawful fact and reality, which foreign workers must filter their choices through…not some mere fingers crossed, hoping for the best outcome or, a roll of the dice; hoping they’ll get lucky. The focus should be and remain that…I’m here to work, nothing more-nothing less…especially, if your (supposed) family back home is relying upon your income. Hence, knowing Singapore’s stance on pregnancy during employment should shape their decisions. The definition of consequences is neither negative or positive BUT, a result of one’s own choices…facts.
I don't agreed your statement! I am a mother of 3, i worked and sent my kids to childcare centre and i can survive without any domestic maid.
If you hire a domestic worker, you are an employer. An employer must provide worker's benefits, including maternity leave, domestic work or not. Otherwise clean up after yourself.
Unskilled and replaceable =/= unnecessary - you're conflating words. That's how salaries are scaled as well everywhere in the world and no matter what job you do, you are paid well or less well depending on your replaceability - eg. if you're a McDonald's cashier or you work on the floor in retail, that's unskilled labour, it is necessary...but easily replaceable BECAUSE it is unskilled labour; which is why the pay is so low globally. Same with maids, unfortunately, the truth is if one of them gets pregnant and sent home, there are a lot more willing to come and fill in that gap.
The reason, Singaporean employees are highly skilled is likely more related to SES factors and the SG education system than maids. There are plenty of latchkey children as well.
That is really entitled view, why should employer PAY for maternity leave for the worker if she gets pregnant when she is expected to work here?? Please don't ever come to Singapore and please tell all your friend not to if they share your mentality @@nincigo9499
Jewel's fdw is so ungrateful.
Top six rules in every nation and top three rules for life.
If only ACL Uptron from India open a campus in Singapore...
Maid's husband pains when wife got pregnant overseas 😂😂😂, more stomach to feed 😂😂
The law is the law
Entj istp too six rules in every nation and top three rules for life.
the unfairness to the marginalized sectors.
Oh no…………..
Why can't we employ male domestic workers since they won't be much of a problem? It would be a win-win situation. It would be very difficult if the domestic worker that we employed suppose to work for us but instead they got pregnant.
There are probably 2 reasons of why we don’t employ male domestic workers in Singapore:
1. Since they’re men they have more job opportunities in their home country and hence they don’t need to find a job in Singapore. Rather misogynistic but it’s true.
2. There’s the social issue of the lack of trust in men to take care of a family member. Since most people hire domestic workers to help take care of either a child or an elderly, they usually would want a female who’s usually more adept at household chores to take care of them.
you wouid trust a male domestic worker taking care of your children and elderly, especially if they are female?
@@Jollybean97 my parents wouldn't mind a male domestic worker. I don't have any female kids so no issue with that. What makes you think that female domestic workers don't prey on your sons? I have seen many cases when I was working overseas and in Singapore of this.
At 17:24 " One of the unique places in Singapore , with a large concentration of Budget Hotels ".....Ok we all know you are talking about GEYLANG , the red light district of Singapore, and the place to buy your Durians, LoL. Hotel 81 is very Prominent there...
MOM should have just deport pregnant FDW worker even during covid.
Also, not all FDW who got pregnant will learn their lesson. Sure no FDW wants to get pregnant when have sex. And SEX will get you pregnant. But you are fully aware that it has consequences. If the govt keep allowing them back to work in SG after pregnant, they will take it for granted and they may just get pregnant again without even completing their contract. Employers have to fork out alot to hire maid.
being horny is human nature but the domestic help has to take responsibility of their own action and not let the employer foot the bill. I have to foot $14k for my domestic helper failed pregnancy. Who is going to pity the employer. Employer is not always rich. Domestic helper is just importing their problems into the employer family.
Well you’re taking on a human being and not a robot. So you also have to deal with consequences.
Singapore has a Strong and Excellent policy related to ‘Domestic Helper’. Wish Hopeless H.K. government should follows !
Bullshit when Local men are targeting domestic maids on their day off for sexual pleasure . How did these maids become pregnant ? local and foreign men .
There are so many people who can't have children who would love to be parents why not adopt the children out
HONG KONG IS SO UNFAIR! I PITYY EMPLOYERS.
I feel these domestic workers should be protected by law. It's insane that these singaporean men get free FK and then abandone them.
Pity the maid's husband putting their full trust in their wife working overseas 😂😂😂
Also, pity the wife/girlfriend putting their full trust in the husband/boyfriend working overseas.
No contraceptive… no sympathy
FDW was blocklist because they break the law totally understand on this but blacklist for permanently don’t make sense
why cannot give them a chance to come back to work again everyone deserves a second chance.
then if they keep getting pregnant, random employers have to keep forking out money to send them back?
..these workers are adults not teens, use protections.. not that difficult, also.. for some, stop having affairs with local married men.. they will not choose foreign workers over their families, it's just cheap thrills.. they're in Singapore to work, so work
Contraception can fail. Need to give them access to cheap and safe abortions too.
Giving up her reproductive rights ? Give me a break. She knew the terms of the contract and broke it. No sympathy whatsoever
Entj istp. Top sux rules in every nation and top 3 rules fir life.
Domestic maids indulging in abortions and back to work is something these employers must be aware of incase these maids falls ill from such illegal abortions . If such abortions and done secretly will have a detrimental health to these women if complications were to happen. Such employment oftens comes with limitations in their employment rights ie no guest and no pregnancy when they are domestic maids living in their employers home .
Nobody "indulges" in abortions. Like it is easy to make a decision of this kind...
@@nincigo9499 who ask you to indulge in one night stand and open your leg to invite all sorts of Bangladesh enter your hole?
No open legs no baby to abortion.
Singapore is easy to earn money, I know some helper can earn 2k monthly or more 😅 they know where to earn fast money
44:58 Lust is not love.
I still support singapore's stand on fdw but hope it can extend to the boyfriend if he is on work permit too. Ridiculous if the boyfriend repeats the same cycle with another fdw
no issue for pregnant FDW actually... just go back, give birth and go to another country...
except in the video, they also said they prefer singapore...
Go to the playground. And the flea market.
Stupid law, why employer has to bear the maid’s horny action? employing a helper is to help the household, not to be a liability to the household!
Truth 100
I see nothing wrong with having a strict migration and citizenship policy. Look at western countries becoming refugee camps and refugees abusing the social systems even though they haven’t paid taxes or with in that country. Singapore is open to the right people with the right skills. Moreover Singapore is a small country so they need to control migration.
Exactly. The USA is a cesspool.
I'm just gonna focus on the fact that some of these domestic helpers seem to knowingly engage in sexual extramarital affairs. In such cases, they deserve to be blacklisted & whatever ugly repercussions/consequences they may face. The men must definitely be punished too! Apparently that sunny is returning to her married irresponsible bf. Disgusting both of them!
Morals of an alley cat. 🐈
Hk is humane but unfair. SG is fair but inhumane
What happens if they get rape?
Please wake up all, no matter what kind of nationality, everyone is suffered now.
Look at the besides neighbourhood, the immigrant workers make many kids at there caused their own citizens need to pay more taxes and suffered living due to need afford this lower income immigrant workers. Your government policy seems to avoid this kind of side effect. Many of immigrant was influenced by the Amerika laws, the kids born in that country will become that citizens,then I can stay longer in that country of this perception. This perception was successful made in 80 centuries. But those people already forget this century is different than the past due to the globalisation. So here to remind all want to decide immigrant or workers, please wake up from the dream, America dream, Singapore Dream or Australia Dream. You all can see Japanese, Koreans immigrate and the others high living cost move to the low cost living country. You all must read the international news example lots of Thailand citizens lost their jobs and business due to the pandemic. London people claimed the salary cannot afford to pay the high price of groceries. This can be said that side effects of development. 😕
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they make happen. the employment. name only ok i no make happen. anything. ok
What if the domestic helper gets raped and is able to prove it? I'm wondering if Singapore considers this. Also is abortion legal in Singapore? There is this option too but of course it depends on the religious beliefs of the domestic helpers. Domestic helpers greatly depend on their employment since most of them may be the primary breadwinner of their family back home so I have a feeling that they are quite careful that they do not have consensual intimate relations.
Making a rape allegation is a very serious matter. It needs to be accompanied by a police report and physical examination. The person who fathered the child will also be arrested.
It's the sovereign right of any country in imposing whatever policies, rules and regulations deemed fit and most favorable to the state like that of Singapore to foreign household workers.
However, Singapore like any other countries in the world should fervently adhere not only to social and moral principles but above all else to the Divine Statute.
roibn and slade!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! top six rules in any nation and top 3 rules for lfie.
And the worse thing is those women left their families in their respective countries to work for their families but do stupid things and abort these innocent souls..these people should be punished.
Abortion is legal in Singapore
I know of a maid given implanon by the maid agency. She showed me 😂
OMG 😢😢😢
There is a very simple solution for the domestics workers: do not fornicate and only have children in wedlock. The one that is unfair is the mais that gor pregnant by her own husband. She should legallt be able to go back home, give birth and return. She did nothing wrong as it was her own husband. But she should have been aware that she can get pregnant. The employer that had to pay for the abortion and lost wages and all of this that is just unfair. She should not have paid for anything, since it was not her fault. She should have refused to pay for the murder of an innocent baby.
"Do not fornicate" do you live in the dark ages 😂😂 "Innocent baby"... don't worry, fetuses don't feel anything.