She slept in a cupboard, worked 80-hour weeks, and was sacked for having cancer. But this woman's story isn't unusual - while domestic workers are the economic backbone of Hong Kong, they are among its worst-treated women IWD2019
h1.pg-headline { font-weight: bold; } .zn-body-text h3 { font-weight: bold; clear:left; } Hong Kong On February 17, Baby Jane Teodoro Allas, 38, was fired from her job as a domestic worker in Hong Kong while on sick leave.
The reason her employer gave for her dismissal was simple:"Diagnosed with cervical cancer.""Given your medical condition, I am no longer able to continue your employment," read the letter."Wish you good health."Allas, who is from Palawan in the Philippines, says the firing was akin to a death sentence. Just weeks before, Allas had been diagnosed with aggressive Stage 3 cancer and needed immediate, life-saving treatment.
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