Singapore will allow vaccinated foreign domestic workers to enter the country from Nov 1 this year. MOM have begun accepting new entry applications for maids who are vaccinated from Oct 15. Priority will be given to households with urgent and very challenging caregiving needs.
What does this mean for employers?
Households that need domestic helpers urgently can consider going through the pilot programme by AEAS. Read about the 5 things you must know before hiring a new helper during COVID below.
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What does this mean for employers?
Households that need domestic helpers urgently can consider going through the pilot programme by AEAS. Read about the 5 things you must know before hiring a new helper during COVID below.
📷 CNA
Late Dr Raymond Yuen runs Hosanna Medical Centre 🩺
He paid for his former domestic helper's healthcare courses 🧬 to improve her chances of working at the clinic.
Subsequently, due to the devastating 2004 Sri Lanka Tsunami 🌊, her family was displaced.
Dr Yuen then kindly helped pay for her daughter's education 🎓 in Singapore, he truly embodies the principles of a successful employer.
📷 Today Online
He paid for his former domestic helper's healthcare courses 🧬 to improve her chances of working at the clinic.
Subsequently, due to the devastating 2004 Sri Lanka Tsunami 🌊, her family was displaced.
Dr Yuen then kindly helped pay for her daughter's education 🎓 in Singapore, he truly embodies the principles of a successful employer.
📷 Today Online
LIVE-OUT MAIDS GET PAID DOUBLE 💵
🔸MOM has responded to recent rise in request for live-out helpers and recommends hiring part-time helpers under the Household Services Scheme (HSS). Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (HOME) has argued otherwise, citing various benefits for live-out maids.
Read the full article by clicking on the link below👇🏻
📷 Straits Times
🔸MOM has responded to recent rise in request for live-out helpers and recommends hiring part-time helpers under the Household Services Scheme (HSS). Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (HOME) has argued otherwise, citing various benefits for live-out maids.
Read the full article by clicking on the link below👇🏻
📷 Straits Times
5 love languages for Helpers:
#1: Positive words of affirmation
if your helper gets uplifted when you praise her, or gets really affected 😖when you reprimand her,
Chances are one of her primary love languages is “positive words of affirmation”
When she is in the wrong, be sure to give your feedback constructively as she may be extra sensitive to words.
When she does make improve or does her chores well, find opportunities to praise her. 🥳
General rule of thumb: 9x praises 👍🏻 for 1x constructive criticism👎🏻.
This is especially true for helper with this as their primary love language.
#1: Positive words of affirmation
if your helper gets uplifted when you praise her, or gets really affected 😖when you reprimand her,
Chances are one of her primary love languages is “positive words of affirmation”
When she is in the wrong, be sure to give your feedback constructively as she may be extra sensitive to words.
When she does make improve or does her chores well, find opportunities to praise her. 🥳
General rule of thumb: 9x praises 👍🏻 for 1x constructive criticism👎🏻.
This is especially true for helper with this as their primary love language.