By Dolphie Bou and Anju Mary Paul • Dec 03, 2021
Household employees are a vital sector of the workforce, but a lack of legal protection leaves them vulnerable to mistreatment

By Govi Snell • Sep 22, 2021
Binh Duong has been hard hit by the virus. Many migrant workers find themselves struggling to survive in Vietnam’s latest outbreak of Covid-19

By Rachel Genevieve Chia • Sep 09, 2021
Demand for part-time home cleaning is up in Singapore amid Covid-triggered shortages of full-time household help. A newly-formalised scheme gives the country’s migrant cleaners better working conditions, but experts say the impact so far is limited

By Allison Jackson/AFP • Aug 11, 2021
Filipinos struggling to make ends meet, now a one-off cash payment is given to ease the economic pain caused by the latest lockdown