Domestic Helpers

SINGAPORE: An employer whose helper wanted to travel overseas on her days off took to social media to ask whether she was legally allowed to and if he was liable to pay her medical fees. In a post to a...

HONG KONG: A frustrated employer took to social media after her maid started playing dead and lying on the floor whenever she was unhappy. In a post to Facebook, an employer in Hong Kong shared that the maid had only...

SINGAPORE: A maid took to social media for advice about her new employer. In an anonymous post, the maid wrote that her employer treated her well for the first three days. After that, however, the maid wrote that she was...

SINGAPORE: The newest of three helpers working in a 3-storey landed property took to social media because of how tiring her daily routine was. In an anonymous post, the maid wrote that this was her first month working in the...

SINGAPORE: Another frustrated employer took to social media asking what to do about their uncooperative helper. In an anonymous post to a Facebook group for employers and domestic helpers, the employer wrote that her maid threatened to leave the family...

SINGAPORE: A foreign domestic helper took to social media after feeling that her working conditions were unsuitable for her. However, the reaction she got from other helpers and employers was far from sympathetic. In an anonymous post to a Facebook...

SINGAPORE: An employer who sent her maid on "emergency leave" found out that the helper did not want to come back to return to work for her. In an anonymous post to a Facebook support group for helpers and employers...

SINGAPORE: An employer who said that her maid was more of a burden than help took to social media stating that she wanted to let the helper go. The woman explained that the maid was a transfer helper who had...

SINGAPORE: A frustrated employer took to social media seeking the opinions of other foreign domestic helpers concerning her maid. In an anonymous post to a Facebook support group for domestic helpers and employers alike, the woman wrote that her maid...

SINGAPORE: Wingman of the year? A migrant worker clad in uniform was awkwardly holding a dog and sitting under an HDB block in Sembawang while his friend chatted up the helper who had brought the pooch down for a...