Discussion: Ministry of Manpower’s administrative processes
21
03, 2021
Losing the TADM plot
Our volunteer recounts a salary case wherein we felt the TADM mediator to be delivering poor customer service and exceeding his powers.
11
03, 2021
Scaffolder’s story surfaces many issues: overtime, injury, salary and kickbacks
Filing an injury claim sometimes precipitates a salary problem as well. Arzu's case shows why. He also tells us about the supervisor and employer taking kickbacks.
23
02, 2021
No major complications in Adnan’s injury case, but still a very long wait
Adnan spent 21 jobless months waiting for his injury claim to conclude. And then had to go home rather than be free to find a new job. Is this good policy?
19
02, 2021
Wanna-be driver hits potholes on way to transfer job
Kawsar is an intelligent guy prepared to make sacrifices to get ahead. He still ends up stymied by bureaucracy as he tries for a transfer job.
10
02, 2021
Furious employer pressures worker to go home after he’s injured
If paying medical bills made the employer furious, the prospect of having to pay injury compensation called for more drastic measures. Send worker home!
30
01, 2021
Two men, three accidents, nineteen months
By sheer coincidence, two men show up at TWC2, both have been waiting 19 months for resolution of their work injury claims, with no end in sight.
28
01, 2021
Another worker with exploitative salary structure in IPA ‘approved’ by MOM
An example of an employer trying to benefit from lower levy while slashing the wages of an employee to a ridiculous pittance.
18
12, 2020
What does ‘Average Monthly Earnings’ mean when workers had five months of no-work lockdown?
Computation of medical leave wages and injury compensation is linked to Average Monthly Earnings. Does this Average include no-work months during Covid-19?
15
12, 2020
Rezaule’s salary terms a work of art
While Rezaule's salary claim ended in an interesting way, the salary terms originally offered to him was even more interesting. It was truly creative.
10
12, 2020
Half naked man running in the night
Workers in a nearby dorm were surprised to see him running in for help. No shirt, no sandals... just plain fear.