HK court awards damages to maid sacked for having cancer | The Malaysian Insight

Baby Jane Allas, upon being fired in February, instantly lost the right to healthcare, and has had to regularly apply for visa extensions as she navigated Hong Kong's legal and immigration systems while battling cancer. – AFP pic, April 15, 2019.

A DOMESTIC worker sacked after a cancer diagnosis was today awarded damages by a Hong Kong court, in a case that highlighted the exploitation of foreign women toiling as maids in the wealthy financial hub. Baby Jane Allas of the Philippines was diagnosed with Stage 3 cervical cancer in January and fired the following month by her employer, who cited the illness as the reason for termination.

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