Access changes need a short process — not a surprise lockout
When you change wifi passwords and door codes with an MDW (Singapore) is the employer checklist for rotating home wifi, gate/door PINs, and smart-lock access so your migrant domestic worker stays able to work and return home safely. Privacy boundaries sit in #29. Phone/social rules sit in #31. Condo security registration sits in #121. This page owns password / door-code rotation.
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Neighbouring hubs:
- Privacy boundaries for live-in domestic workers (unique #29)
- Setting phone and social media boundaries fairly (unique #31)
- Fire drill basics (unique #37)
- Condo security registration (unique #121)
- When you travel and helper stays home (unique #134)
- Moving house with an MDW (unique #117)
- Day-one orientation checklist (unique #33)
- Written house rules sheet (unique #32)
- Building trust while maintaining standards (unique #44)
- This article: wifi / door-code change process
Step 1 — Decide why you are rotating
Common triggers: move-in (#33), move house (#117), helper transfer-out, lost phone, or routine security hygiene. Say the reason calmly — trust framing in #44.
Step 2 — Update wifi and devices together
Change the password, reconnect her phone and any work tablets she uses, and confirm she can still message you. Phone use rules stay in #31 — this step is access, not surveillance.
Step 3 — Door / gate / smart-lock codes
- Issue the new PIN or fob
- Revoke the old code the same day
- Test entry once with her present
- If condo security cards change, align with #121
Step 4 — Write it once
Put “where codes live” in house rules without posting secrets on the fridge door (#32; privacy #29). Emergency exit still follows fire-drill habits (#37).
Step 5 — Before travel
If you change codes then leave town, brief her before you fly (#134). Never change the door code while she is out without a way for her to get in.
Soft MOM
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Checklist
- Reason for rotation stated calmly
- Wifi reconnected on her devices
- New door/gate code issued; old revoked
- Condo card updated if needed (#121)
- Written “where codes live” habit (#32 / #29)
- Travel / lockout risk checked (#134)
- No invented $; platform ≠ agency; soft MOM
Scripts
To helper: We are updating the wifi and door code today for security. I will reconnect your phone with you and we will test the door once before I leave.
To co-employer: Never rotate the door code while she is out — hand over and revoke in the same sitting.
Bottom line
Rotate access with her present: new code, revoke old, reconnect wifi, write the habit — no surprise lockouts. Browse on SmartMaid; place through a licensed EA under soft MOM rules.
