Challenging the Norms: Re-Evaluating Situations Faced by Foreign Domestic Helpers in Asia
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Authors
Schaerrer, Sean D.
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2012-02 , 2012-02-09
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2
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2
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This Article will first address the struggles faced by many Filipino and Indonesian FDHs who come to Hong Kong for employment opportunities. It will then discuss the complicated economic and social relationship that exists between FDHs, their families, the receiving and sending countries. Finally, this Article will point to the current employment system in Hong Kong and how loopholes in the legal system allow for employers and private recruitment agencies to exploit the system. This Article argues for the elimination of private recruitment agencies, increased governmental support, and a facilitation to take place between the different stakeholders, which will result in achieving a mutually beneficial solution to the current, complex problem.
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Creighton University School of Law
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