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Fifty kilos of cement and how law can turn into farce
Eleven months after hurting his back carrying cement, Hulyah describes how his Wica injury claim is coming along
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Worker resists boss’ demand for kickbacks. “Don’t play with me,” warns boss
A boss demands more than half a worker's salary back, for a reason that shifts from time to time, including levy.
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Worker invested $1,000 to upgrade himself; then a letter from MOM arrived
A worker went through a skills upgrading course and took an exam. He passed. All went well for six years untill a letter from MOM arrived at his employer's office.
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Survey finds 5.6 percent still paid salaries in cash
From a survey of mostly Indian Tamil migrant workers conducted in October 2024, 5.6 percent was still paid salaries in cash. 12.2 percent were paid later than permitted by law.
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Overworked and overlooked: the scourge of excess overtime
Many workers who come to TWC2 with salary issues have time sheets or payslips that show them being asked to worked inhumanly long hours. Surely, employers know the law?
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MOM says our story on wrongful dismissal was inaccurate – who is being inaccurate now?
MOM says our story about Tan Zhengchun was inaccurate and risked risk undermining public trust and confidence. we show you how MOM's own statement was inaccurate.
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Massively short-paid, yet too vulnerable to file a complaint
Promised in writing a salary of $4,000 a month, yet never paid more than half or two-thirds of that, what is a migrant worker to do? What's the likely cost of seeking salary justice?
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The tooth fairy going around in endless circles
A tooth was chipped and cracked. The saga begins. Ten months on, the worker still hasn't received proper treatment.
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Body screams “rest”; boss says “work”
A not uncommon story of a worker made to work excessive overtime and most Sundays.
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Operations manager who took kickbacks from workers jailed 24 months
A manager goes to prison for taking kickbacks from migrant workers. The impact on workers who had to pay was terrible. As positive a step this is, a far bigger issue contines to need attention.
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We ask three men, all three had high regard for our hospitals
We poll three workers about their experiences at Singapore hospitals. They speak well of the professionalism and efficiency they see.
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Ever seen negative salary? We just did
A worker's salary deductions each month exceed his basic monthly salary. If not for long hours of overtime, he would have to pay his employer for working. Shouldn't it be the other way around?
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Dinesh and Venish fall victim to a (made-in-Singapore?) recruitment scam
A message came into TWC2's help centre, telling us about a fake IPAs and how two workers in India paid money and were victims of a scam. Why are IPAs so easy to forge?
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Pane Rubati and their baker, part 2
Unable to resolve his grievances within the company, our baker resigns and files a salary claim; the surprises along the way!
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Pane Rubati and their baker, part 1
A Burmese worker tells us about discrimination over rest days, misleading recruitment and uncompensated overtime; his attempts to resolve them internaly led nowhere.
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Why don’t migrant workers benefit from medical subsidies?
In Singapore, the State provides little help for migrant workers' healthcare costs. Employers and private insurance are held responsible, but the responsibility is often evaded. Then what? Nothing?
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