When Maids Fall Pregnant: Labour Pains Of Foreign Domestic Workers In Singapore | Undercover Asia

I feel so bad for the employer named Jewel. She helped the helper out of the goodness of her heart and in the end she was penalized for it 😢

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FDW are reminded not to get pregnancy by their agency and/or employers. Shouldn't male foreign workers also be reminded not to get the FDW pregnant, resulting in unwanted/unplanned pregnancy ?

I agree that the men that caused the pregnancy should also take the responsibilities. Like what Jewel said, they just got a girl pregnant, girl gets deported, cycle repeats again. They didn't recieve any consequences like not wearing a condom. Some even had a family like why you betray your family and hurt them?

Don't get pregnant. No matter how sweet, caring those men are. Life is hard for you, Don't make it harder.

This is why ladies need to protect themselves, if you get pregnant the man normally does not suffer much consequences 😢

Way too much responsibility is pushed on the Employer. How about the maid & the one getting her pregnant?

Worse is employers need to fork out their plane ticket back etc, n paid more fees for replacement maid even thou employer’s fault

Wear protection, don’t sacrifice yrself just for few min of lust..pls think far ahead of all the consequences of everything before doing anything..

I believe the law is not due to their permits or skills. There are some maids that end up married singaporean and have children here. The law is because of cost of giving birth and raising children in Singapore. Singapore is the most expensive city in the world. The maids are here to work and earn money for their family back home. Giving birth itself can easily cost 5 or 35 times their salaries if there is complication. This is not including the monthly check up and the cost of raising a child. Even for Singaporeans, having children is costly. I feel bad for Jewel and HK employeer. These domestic workers are adults they should understand their action, consequnces and responsible of their actions. It is not unplan pregnancy if they skipped protections.

An employer should never be financially responsible for their pregnant worker unless they fathered the child. The fathers not supporting the moms and babies is a global problem, it's not just in Singapore or that area of the world. It's EVERYWHERE! I am in Canada and raised 2 boys myself so I know first hand what it's like. It's too easy for a man to make a baby and walk away from it. The mother needs emotional and financial support not just in pregnancy but for 18 years of the childs life until they can support themselves!

How is Jewel's fault. So unfair for her

Sometimes activists talk ….. Prefer Singapore’s law. People may think that it’s an unjust law but domestic helpers are here to work in the first place. If they want to have boyfriends and have fun, then take the precautions. This is called responsibility.

Deterrents like telling them not to get pregnant, 6 monthly pregnancy tests, or strict laws will only do so much. In the end, they are humans just like us. Some of them are lonely, and will get into a relationship and have sexual relations no matter what the employer or agency says. They are their own adults. Perhaps for this group of workers, it is also about increasing access to birth control pills, morning after pills and condoms to prevent the pregnancy - it may be the best "win-win" situation for both the employer and the domestic worker.

Support Singapore's current policy on pregnant FDW and not like the ridiculous law like Hong Kong. Imagine you employ a helper to help you out but ended up forking out more money to look after her instead. What next? Buy a house for the helper and apply citizenship for her and the kid? To those helpers engaging in sexual acts, you should at least use contraceptives but if both you and your partner are unwilling or unable to afford to do so, then be prepared to face the consequences of breaking the law. Do not expect the authorities to take pity that you need the job (cos if you really need, you would not have violated the law in the first place.) If the man allows or does not care if you get pregnant illegally, he is already a jerk.

if your helper gets knocked up the employer have to pay out of the nose for everything if there is no recourse to send her back. Wow, so if the helper decides to have the child, that means the employer have to pay for her medical bills and the birth of the child from another stranger. fantastic loop hole.

change the DH off day to only Saturday and the rest of the construction worker stays on Sunday....

Do not having sex if you don't want a baby..

Singapore doesn’t fool around with their laws. Right or wrong their country their rules.

That’s terrible in Hong Kong for the burden to be placed on the employer. I would opt out of having a domestic worker.