“Insensitive advertising” of foreign domestic workers in Singapore: a violation of human dignity
Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower has suspended the licence of an employment agency for advertising the services of foreign domestic workers in an “insensitive” manner which portrayed the workers as a “commodity that can be bought and sold”. It also prosecuted the agency and the employee responsible...
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Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
2018
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| Online Access: | https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2853 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4811/viewcontent/Insensitive_Advertising__of_Foreign_Domestic_Workers_in_Singapore__A_Violation_of_Human_Dignity___OHRH.pdf |
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| Institution: | Singapore Management University |
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| Summary: | Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower has suspended the licence of an employment agency for advertising the services of foreign domestic workers in an “insensitive” manner which portrayed the workers as a “commodity that can be bought and sold”. It also prosecuted the agency and the employee responsible for the advertisements; the employee has pleaded guilty. The Ministry’s actions are a welcome development in the evolution of the concept of a right to human dignity in Singapore law. |
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