Domestic Helpers

A foreign domestic worker took to social media asking if she could end her employment contract after working for just five months. In her post to Facebook page FDW in Singapore (working conditions forum), the maid asked other helpers and...

SINGAPORE — A Reddit user who did not grow up with a maid in their household recently took to r/askSingapore wondering how others, who have stay-in domestic helpers, do it. The Redditor huayi3 wrote on Friday (Dec 30) that...

A maid took to social media asking how she would be compensated when she only worked 18-and-a-half days in December. In an anonymous post to Facebook group FDW in Singapore (working conditions forum), the maid wrote that she terminated her...

An employer who was unsure about how to approach the topic of personal hygiene with her domestic helper took to social media to ask others for advice. In an anonymous post to Facebook page FDW in Singapore (working conditions forum),...

SINGAPORE — 29-year-old Huriah, an Indonesian domestic helper, had taken the ATM card of her elderly employer, 75 while cleaning the home. She then sent the card via courier to her friend, Fujirah Febri Jamaryanti, who withdrew S$14,350 from...

A foreign domestic helper who told her employer that she was going on holiday to India to visit her ailing mother suddenly messaged to inform them that she did not want to return. In an anonymous post to Facebook group...

SINGAPORE — A little kindness can go a long way, but Ms Chen, a helper's employer, went above and beyond. She invited her helper’s son and sister to a weeklong stay in her home, plus treated them to a...

SINGAPORE: While we all like to believe that everyone marries for love, one woman, who identifies herself as a “MAID IN SINGAPORE” in her TikTok videos, admitted to marrying an older man for his money. A video she put up...

Ms Zin Ei Phyu, 25, had been a helper to sixty-three-year-old Ang Poh Geok in late 2020 when the slapping incident occurred. On Oct 6 of that year, Ms Zin allegedly failed to pack some bags in a way...

SINGAPORE: An employer took to social media asking what arrangements could be made for her helper when the family went on holiday. In her post to Facebook group FDW in Singapore (working conditions forum), the employer wrote: "Hi all, if...