Policy exempting Indonesian workers in Singapore at 10 sectors from paying placement fees to take effect on July 15

This will cover, among others, Indonesian domestic workers. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, March 16 (The Straits Times/ANN): A new policy that exempts Indonesian migrant workers in 10 job sectors from hefty placement fees which keep them in debt for months, and which was supposed to come into effect on Jan 15, will now be enacted on July 15 by the Indonesian government.

This will cover, among others, Indonesian domestic workers, of whom around 127,000 work in Singapore, accounting for roughly half of all foreign domestic workers here.