Indonesia's embassy is pushing for a ban on cleaning outside windows on high-rise apartments in Singapore, after eight maids have fallen to their deaths this year.
Indonesia, which supplies about half of Singapore's 200,000 maids, has asked employment agencies to include a clause in work contracts that prohibits maids from cleaning the outside of windows or hanging laundry from high-rise apartments, Indonesian Embassy Counsellor Sukmo Yuwono said.
Singapore's Manpower Ministry is working with Indonesian officials to identify and possibly blacklist agencies and employers who do not ensure maid safety, Mr Yuwono said.
"Our position is ban it," Mr Yuwono said. "We warn against employers giving dangerous jobs like cleaning windows to their maids. It's upsetting. These are human beings dying for nothing." Full story...
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Indonesia, which supplies about half of Singapore's 200,000 maids, has asked employment agencies to include a clause in work contracts that prohibits maids from cleaning the outside of windows or hanging laundry from high-rise apartments, Indonesian Embassy Counsellor Sukmo Yuwono said.
Singapore's Manpower Ministry is working with Indonesian officials to identify and possibly blacklist agencies and employers who do not ensure maid safety, Mr Yuwono said.
"Our position is ban it," Mr Yuwono said. "We warn against employers giving dangerous jobs like cleaning windows to their maids. It's upsetting. These are human beings dying for nothing." Full story...
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