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Changing jobs a ‘human right,’ domestic workers say as Hong Kong ramps up crackdown on ‘job hopping’
Migrant domestic worker activists have urged the government to stop accusing workers of “job hopping,” saying that changing employers is a “human right” that everybody is entitled to. Protesting outside the Labour Department on Monday morning, activists with the Asian Migrants’ Coordinating Body (AMCB) held up signs reading “stop discrimination” and “we are workers, not…
Hong Kong to launch public consultation on further regulating migrant domestic worker ‘job-hopping’
An eight-week public consultation will be launched next Tuesday on further regulating “job-hopping” among migrant domestic workers, where workers terminate their contracts early to find another employer. According to the Labour Department’s proposal, employment agencies would be required to “clearly explain” to domestic workers that applications to change employer before the completion of the standard…
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