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Maid says she’s unhappy working for her employer’s mother in Australia, wants to break her contract and come back to Singapore in few months’ time
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Maid says she’s unhappy working for her employer’s mother in Australia, wants to break her contract and come back to Singapore in few months’ time

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Maid wants to break her contract and return home after taking emergency leave, asks if she’ll have to pay fine or blacklisted
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Maid wants to break her contract and return home after taking emergency leave, asks if she’ll have to pay fine or blacklisted

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Maid says her employers made her sign an agreement such that they kept her work permit and passport and only gave her photocopies
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Maid says her employers made her sign an agreement such that they kept her work permit and passport and only gave her photocopies

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Maid says she’s made to work from 6.45am to 11pm daily in a 4-storey landed property, asks if she can terminate her contract due to poor health
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Maid says she’s made to work from 6.45am to 11pm daily in a 4-storey landed property, asks if she can terminate her contract due to poor health

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Maid says her employer has withheld her pay, forced her not to return home for another 2 years, and threatens to blacklist her if she runs away or complains to agency
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Maid says her employer has withheld her pay, forced her not to return home for another 2 years, and threatens to blacklist her if she runs away or complains to agency

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Maid needs monthly medication for high blood pressure, employer asks if she should deduct it from her salary
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Maid needs monthly medication for high blood pressure, employer asks if she should deduct it from her salary

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Maid asks if she should be the one to keep her own passport & work permit, says her employer insisted on keeping the documents
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Maid asks if she should be the one to keep her own passport & work permit, says her employer insisted on keeping the documents

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Maid asks how many days of leave she’s entitled to as her embassy’s contract states 15 days a year, but she only gets 14 days after two years of work
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Maid asks how many days of leave she’s entitled to as her embassy’s contract states 15 days a year, but she only gets 14 days after two years of work

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Maid says her agency deducts 3 months of her salary, asks if this is normal; other maids say they’ve had 8 months’ salary cut

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Maid says she wants to be transferred because she was not informed about her employer’s child needing special medical care
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Maid says she wants to be transferred because she was not informed about her employer’s child needing special medical care

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