Employment agency that ‘sold’ foreign domestic workers on Carousell pleads guilty

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The ads showed the photos and names of foreign domestic workers (FWD) who were presumed to be from Indonesia with the platform allowing for the option of selecting prices from lowest to highest

5 charges under the Employment Agency Licence Conditions which includes “posting insensitive advertising.” An additional 99 charges will be considered during the hearing.

The offensive advertisements were posted on the online retail platform Carousell from Sept 1 to 17, 2018. The ads showed the photos and names of foreign domestic workers who were presumed to be from Indonesia. The platform also allows the option of selecting prices from lowest to highest and branding those that have already been “sold.”The Ministry of Manpower has since suspended the license of SRC Recruitment in October 2018.

In addition, the advertisements on Carousell failed to include SRC recruitment’s complete name and licence number which is against labour regulations that aim to protect against illegal and unlicensed employment agencies.Netizens were quick to point out that the advertisements are comparable to modern day slave auctions. Others noted that the employee who posted the ads was only doing her job, and that the agency should receive the weight of the punishment.

 

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