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Singapore: New minimum wage for Filipino and Indonesian domestic workers

Singapore: New minimum wage for Filipino and Indonesian domestic workers

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by IDWFED published Jan 21, 2016 12:00 AM
Contributors: Joanna Seow/The Straits Times
Employers will have to pay at least $550 a month to employ a Filipino domestic worker, up from $500 - the first rise in three years.

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This comes three months after the Indonesian embassy here told agents that the minimum salary for domestic workers from its country must be $550 a month, also up from $500.

Although there was no official announcement from the Philippines side, employment agents here told The Straits Times that employment contracts submitted at the embassy last week had been rejected because the salaries were too low.

The minimum salary for domestic workers set by the Philippines government had been US$400 for over a decade. To avoid exchange rate fluctuations, the Association of Employment Agencies (Singapore) (AEAS) had an agreement more than three years ago with the Philippine Embassy here that it would be set at $500 locally, said AEAS president K. Jayaprema.

Employers also have to pay a foreign worker levy of $265 a month, although a concessionary rate of $60 is available for most households, for instance those with a Singaporean child below the age of 16 or an elderly person aged 65 and above.

The Philippine Embassy's labour attache could not be reached for comment yesterday. There are about 70,000 Filipino domestic workers here, out of a total of about 227,100 domestic workers.

Source: Joanna Seow/The Straits Times

Story Type: News

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