Our MOM, pro-citizen or foreigners?

[lousy.mom]

How do you feel about Ministry of Manpower (MOM)?

Has MOM done its part to protect the interest of Foreign Domestic Worker's (FDW) employer who is merely a household, commoner (salaried employee) drawing monthly salary, not operating an organisation or company?

Has MOM been very pro-maid? Too concerned and friendly to FDWs, the imported manpower, assumed to be lowly paid and poorly treated in Spore?

Is MOM very pro-agency? What regulations did MOM set to provent us from paying high non-refundable agency fee and maid-loan?

When was the last time you see MOM said no to source countries unreasonable request? Example minimum salary, maid loan to be borned by employer, etc.

What regulation was set to prevent our FDW insurance from becoming zero refund value once FDW is employed for more than 181 days, in your name? Regardless she's housed in agency, runaway maid or truly a bad FDW.

Is there a MOM sub-portal for all FDW's employers to load a job description of their preferred FDWs - for better job matching and prevent maid agencies & FDWs from running away from responsibilities, feedback on FDW's conduct, reasons for transfer/repatriation, etc.

Did MOM stand up to help employers who encountered bad FDWs or Employment Agencies? Which association or free-of-charge govt body has been set up to help distressed FDW's employer?

 

[lousy.mom]

Can you identify the policies that are fair to us, the FDW's employer?

Can you tell me in what ways MOM has treated us, the citizens (employer of one FDW, not a highly paid salaried employee) better than FDWs?

Does MOM know we are not rich, most live in small HDB unit and unable to provide single room for FDW's privacy?

Are you one of those people who felt maids are badly treated, we - the employers are baddies? Treated maids like slaves so deserved to be in such state? Which country or past history has record of live-in 'slave' receiving monthly salary, cannot be scolded for her repeated mistakes, entitled to paid home leave, well protected by MOM, has mobile phone, Facebook account and OFF days, etc?

 

[lousy.mom]

Is this how a government body shows its concern to citizens? Ignore FDWs' employer, let them fight for own survival? Face the harshness? Let middle income citizens continued to be bullied by source country and maid agencies' terms .... not forgetting FDW's personal demands of a desirable employment?

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If above happens to your child or somebody close to you, will you clap hands and encourage maid/agency to do more? Why MOM and activists just keen to protect FDWs and pretend they are so kind .... like a saviour but ignored what employers are facing?

An e-portal is something that will be helpful if MOM allows an online documentation of each FDW, viewable by Singpass holder. This online form allows FDW's Employer to indicate what's the purpose of hiring a FDW, ensures maid agency do proper screening and job matching. It can be done by employer or maid agency as long as FDW's employers requirements can be clearly reflected in the database. Maid agencies should not interfere or chide employers for being too detailed. The to-be-hired FDW will have to ensure she knows her duties and no chance to claim job not what she expected, thus, causing her employer to suffer losses.

A section to be completed before FDW's work permit is issued and another to be completed when her services is terminated. Prospective employer looking for maid can login to the portal with Singpass to do a job history and FDW search. MOM should stop penalising employer for releasing a bad worker. Example of a proposed MOM online form should look something like this:

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If there's no maid loan, I will send that maid home instead of letting her be transferred, give agency another chance to earn easy profit. It is cheaper to buy a one way ticket.

 

[lousy.mom]

MOM has to show us some concern, prove that citizens are not 2nd or 3rd class citizens when compared with FDWs/Foreigners.

One way to prove is that All FDWs, before boarding plane to Spore, must watch a mandatory video filmed and narrated in their native language, produced by our MOM which highlights the real work of FDWs, employment terms as per standard AEAS/CASE contract, salary, maid loan, personal safety guidelines (eg bamboo laundry/window cleaning), pregnancy, fined or jailed if violated work permit, Spore culture, example of employer's requirement and house rules, explain showing respect to employers vs 'treat us like human being/human rights', etc? To avoid FDWs sleeping or act blur when stepped into Spore, prospective employers and Sg maid agencies will interview them and ask them questions related to that mandatory video. MOM has to stop welcoming bad maids, make us accept & work with unsuitable FDWs, tolerate those 'programmed' to have a free holiday in Spore - not keen to help us.

 

[Providence]

In fact, I think the MOM should be 'renamed' as MOFM instead.

I see the government is helping the foreign talents more than local citizens. The foreign PMETs continue to flow into our country like floodwater. And the foreign low-skilled workers are getting 'stamped out' gradually which causes the construction sector to suffer a lack of manpower. What is the MOM doing? No matter. Our voices are just 'noises' to the ruling party.