Woman gets fine for owing maid 3 years’ salary in ‘safekeeping’ arrangement
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SINGAPORE — For almost three years, a woman entered into an arrangement with her foreign domestic worker to “safekeep” all her salary instead of paying her monthly as required by law.
  • n2burns@lemmy.caEnglish
    88·
    2 years ago

    For each count of not paying the helper’s salary no later than seven days after it was due, Wu could have been jailed for up to a year, fined up to S$10,000, or both.

    Instead she received no jail time and one S$10,000 fine when there were dozens of counts.

  • 555@lemmy.worldBannedEnglish
    43·
    2 years ago

    I’m gonna put my taxes in “safekeeping” so the government doesn’t blow it all at once on some dumb purchase like the military

  • Varyk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    10·
    2 years ago

    Ha! I thought that was the maid getting paid the extra money.

    That super happy lady is the one who got the fine!

  • mkwt@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    Fine? That sounds like a thirteenth amendment situation.

    Edit: not US, no thirteenth amendment.