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Bengaluru Woman's Video On Nanny Expense Sparks Online Debate: "Grateful For Privilege"
On social media, some users praised the woman for her transparency and respectful approach to domestic help, while others called her "privileged" and "a bad parent".
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Laws Alone Not Enough, Domestic Workers Deserve Rights And Dignity: Experts
Laws alone are not sufficient if people make no effort to treat domestic workers as workers with rights like any other, experts said at a discussion held by the National Platform of Domestic Workers (NPDW) in Delhi.
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"Screamed For Help": Bengal Woman Beaten Up By Bengaluru Cops For 3 Hours
A 34-year-old domestic worker from West Bengal and her husband were allegedly brutally assaulted by the Bengaluru police for three hours on charges of stealing a diamond ring from her employer's house.
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Minimum Wage For Domestic Workers? Karnataka Plans 5% Welfare Cess
It was only recently that the Karnataka Labour department brought in a bill to provide social security to gig workers in Karnataka, close on the heels of that, now a bill for social security of domestic workers in its planning stages.
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"Train US Workers": Trump Warns Foreign Companies After Hyundai Plant Raided
President Donald Trump on Sunday warned foreign companies to obey US law after some 300 allegedly illegal South Korean workers were arrested at a Hyundai-LG battery plant being built in the southern state of Georgia.
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Singapore Court Imposes Hefty Fine On Maid For Moonlighting On Rest Days
In Singapore, foreign domestic workers are prohibited from taking on additional jobs, even on rest days.
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Indian National Jailed In Singapore For Job Scam Using Fake Documents
A 20-year-old Indian national has been charged with cheating and using forged documents to deceive a domestic worker into paying over SGD 2,000 for fake job offers for her relatives, The Straits Times reported.
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Forced To Eat Dog Faeces, Chained: Indonesian Maid's Horrific Abuse
Beaten, forced to eat animal faeces and chained to a dog cage -- the abuse of an Indonesian maid highlights the government's failure to protect domestic workers at home even as it moves to help those abroad, critics say.
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"90% Sad... Fake Smile 100%": Man Who Allegedly Slit Jammu Cop's Throat
Hemant Lohia murder: Yasir Ahmed, 23, was a domestic worker for the 57-year-old director general of prisons in Jammu and Kashmir, whom he's accused of murdering
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Union Minister Bhupender Yadav Flags Off Survey On Domestic Workers
Union Minister for Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav on Monday flagged off the first-ever All India Survey on Domestic workers being conducted by Labour Bureau, Chandigarh.
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Bengaluru Woman's Video On Nanny Expense Sparks Online Debate: "Grateful For Privilege"
On social media, some users praised the woman for her transparency and respectful approach to domestic help, while others called her "privileged" and "a bad parent".
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Laws Alone Not Enough, Domestic Workers Deserve Rights And Dignity: Experts
Laws alone are not sufficient if people make no effort to treat domestic workers as workers with rights like any other, experts said at a discussion held by the National Platform of Domestic Workers (NPDW) in Delhi.
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"Screamed For Help": Bengal Woman Beaten Up By Bengaluru Cops For 3 Hours
A 34-year-old domestic worker from West Bengal and her husband were allegedly brutally assaulted by the Bengaluru police for three hours on charges of stealing a diamond ring from her employer's house.
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Minimum Wage For Domestic Workers? Karnataka Plans 5% Welfare Cess
It was only recently that the Karnataka Labour department brought in a bill to provide social security to gig workers in Karnataka, close on the heels of that, now a bill for social security of domestic workers in its planning stages.
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"Train US Workers": Trump Warns Foreign Companies After Hyundai Plant Raided
President Donald Trump on Sunday warned foreign companies to obey US law after some 300 allegedly illegal South Korean workers were arrested at a Hyundai-LG battery plant being built in the southern state of Georgia.
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Singapore Court Imposes Hefty Fine On Maid For Moonlighting On Rest Days
In Singapore, foreign domestic workers are prohibited from taking on additional jobs, even on rest days.
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Indian National Jailed In Singapore For Job Scam Using Fake Documents
A 20-year-old Indian national has been charged with cheating and using forged documents to deceive a domestic worker into paying over SGD 2,000 for fake job offers for her relatives, The Straits Times reported.
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Forced To Eat Dog Faeces, Chained: Indonesian Maid's Horrific Abuse
Beaten, forced to eat animal faeces and chained to a dog cage -- the abuse of an Indonesian maid highlights the government's failure to protect domestic workers at home even as it moves to help those abroad, critics say.
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"90% Sad... Fake Smile 100%": Man Who Allegedly Slit Jammu Cop's Throat
Hemant Lohia murder: Yasir Ahmed, 23, was a domestic worker for the 57-year-old director general of prisons in Jammu and Kashmir, whom he's accused of murdering
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Union Minister Bhupender Yadav Flags Off Survey On Domestic Workers
Union Minister for Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav on Monday flagged off the first-ever All India Survey on Domestic workers being conducted by Labour Bureau, Chandigarh.
