Helpers from countries such as the Philippines may be brought in under a pilot project. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SEOUL - The government plans to allow South-east Asian domestic helpers to work in Seoul as early as this year, but the pilot project will not include previously suggested provisions allowing employers to pay them below the minimum wage.
The government plans to issue E-9 visas for the workers through the addition of domestic help to the list of fields allowed under the employment permit system. The workers can then be hired by families in South Korea through certified service providers as early as this fall. He wrote late last month on Facebook that he agrees with Nobel laureate and economist Michael Kremer who said South Korea needs an immigration policy, and mentioned Hong Kong and Singapore as examples that have successfully implemented large-scale special visa programmes for foreign domestic workers.
A revised Bill to exempt foreign domestic workers from the minimum wage law was submitted in March, only to face strong criticism that it was discriminatory.
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