Sexual Abuses of Female Migrant Domestic Workers in Hong Kong “I never think about myself. I don’t have a choice.” said Cherry Narag‚ a Filipino domestic worker in Hong Kong. According to Hong Kong population statistics‚ there are more than 200‚000 foreign domestic workers (235‚ 274 as of December 2012) who live and work in Hong Kong. Majority of them came from Indonesia‚ Philippines and Thailand‚ they are very young (some even falsify their age just to come to work)‚ and often face a language barrier
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Employee benefits encompass a broad range of benefits—other than salary—that companies provide to their employees. Some of these benefits‚ such as workers’ compensation‚ social security‚ and unemployment insurance‚ are required by law. The majority of benefits offered to employees‚ however‚ are bestowed at the discretion of the business owner. Such benefits‚ which are commonly called "fringe" benefits‚ range from such major expenditures as paid holidays‚ health insurance‚ paid vacations‚ employee
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Injustice in the Fields Immigrant workers come to America in search of a better life. However‚ when they arrive they are faced with numerous hardships: inability to speak English‚ discrimination‚ and unfair wages in the worst jobs available. Due to earning low wages‚ immigrants live in unacceptable housing conditions. Because of their illegal status in the United States‚ immigrants are constantly taken advantage of. In spite of the pain and suffering‚ field workers still work very hard to pick the
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1. What consequences resulted the dissatisfaction experienced by the old crew members? In this case study‚ majority of the consequences that resulted in dissatisfaction came from the new supervisors. Before the new supervisors were introduced‚ Joan got along with all crew members and allowed each member to rotate each task so that they we’re able to perform and perfect their skills and abilities. The new supervisors have limited with what they could do. They have assigned them to specific tasks
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Themes Power of language: The migrant workers are given English names that deny their culture and heritage. "Charles Johnson‚ Nick Parker…The names strange in their foreign language were remembered like a number‚ much like the numbering in prison." "if they speak…in any language other than English‚ they will be jailed. A rule of the city." They are forced to be alienated from their own culture and are in turn disempowered. Plight of the worker: The migrants are objectified by likening them to
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Research Essay (Posted 4 March 2013) Deadline 19 April 2013‚ 2400 hours (for both hard and soft copies) Question 1a Question 1b Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 Question 6 Question 7 Question 8 Lecture: ‘Marriage: A Precarious Endeavor’ Lecture: ‘Transformations to Marital Patterns in the Global Context’ Lecture: ‘Gender Equality: The Case of Hong Kong’ Lecture: ‘Domestic Violence‚ Past and Present & The Situation in Hong Kong’ Presentation: Gender‚ Violence & Masculinity Seminar:
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skilled labour. Malaysia has yet to conform to ILO’s minimum recognized standard. 1.2 Issue 2: Migrant Workers 233 In March 2010’s issue of Bloomberg Businessweek‚ Zappei (2010) discussed on Malaysia’s migrant workers. Amnesty‚ an organization campaigning for international human rights urged for Malaysia to protect its migrant workers’ rights as they found exploitation of these low skilled workers a common occurrence. Among the mistreatment faced are arbitrary arrests‚ low wages‚
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1.0 Business Description Churras is a Brazilian barbecue restaurant where is served premium quality meats which are slowly roasted on long skewers over a pit of flaming coals. This type of cooking comes from southern of Brazil where was originated. It is served different cuts of roasted meats using “rodizio” as style. Rodizio is controlled by the customers with a special indicator localized on the table which one side signals the waiters to present the various meats to the table and the other side
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children as young as twelve feeling like the had a finical responsibility to provide for their families through labor. It is okay for them to fall behind in their education and no one really seem to care or encourage them to be more then a migrant worker. The one teacher in the film reminded them that they can only achieve the bare minimum and they will try to get them through school as quickly as possible so they go back to
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Migrant Child Farm Workers Hey you kid reading‚ yeah you‚ having a good day? Have you eaten or slept well? Well imagine working on a dirty farm‚ not even getting paid 50 dollars a week‚ in the California Common Wealth Club Address a well known figure for Mexican-Americans named Cesar Chavez‚ talks about the harsh life a working child had. Thought most of the 1960’s till the 1980’s children born from migrant farm working mothers were born into extreme poverty which led to horrible living conditions
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