How many foreign domestic workers are there in Singapore? There were 201,000 female domestic workers in Singapore on Work Permits (end of 2010), as reported by the Ministry of Manpower. That made it about one for every five households in the country. In 2002, there were 140,000. Where do they come from? The majority, by

This is a report published on China Labour Bulletin on February 10, 2011, compiled by Aris Chan. It calls on the Singapore government to abolish its employer-sponsored work visa policy, which gives employers excessive power and control over foreign workers --- Hired on Sufferance: China's migrant workers in Singapore There are an estimated 200,000 Chinese

The scope of the Workmen's Injury Compensation Act  includes death and injury sustained while travelling in employer-provided vehicles, but not in public-transport vehicles. Section 3, subsection 2 of the Act expressly says: 3 (2)  An accident happening to an employee while he is, with the express or implied permission of his employer, travelling as a passenger