‘Unfair’, ‘problematic’ Labour Department hearing in Hong Kong for Filipino domestic worker fired after employer found out she has cervical cancer
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Domestic workers Mary Ann Allas (left) and her sister Baby Jane Allas in Central. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
‘Unfair’, ‘problematic’ Labour Department hearing in Hong Kong for Filipino domestic worker fired after employer found out she has cervical cancer
- Baby Jane Allas was not allowed to be represented by a lawyer at her hearing, and was not given a professional interpreter despite not being fluent in English
- Allas, who has advanced cervical cancer, has begun treatment after crowdfunding more than HK$800,000 in less than a month
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Foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong
Updated: 11:48pm, 14 Mar, 2019
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Domestic workers Mary Ann Allas (left) and her sister Baby Jane Allas in Central. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
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