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Written Answer by Mrs Josephine Teo Minister for Manpower to PQ on the Grounds of Rejection in Request to Hire Foreign Domestic Worker

Foreign manpower Work passes and permits

NOTICE PAPER NO. 2021 OF 2020 FOR SITTING ON 5 MARCH

QUESTION NO. 1654 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

NMP: Ms Anthea Ong

To ask the Minister for Manpower what are the grounds that the Ministry uses to reject (i) an employer's request to hire a foreign domestic worker and (ii) an employment agency's application to place a foreign domestic worker.

Answer

  1. The reasons for rejecting foreign domestic worker (FDW) applications are the same whether they are made by employers or their employment agents. The main reasons are unacceptable accommodation for the FDW, the employer having no or unstable income or the FDW being over the age limit.