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“Dormitories are a secondary issue,” says TWC2. Debt bondage, wage theft and deceptive recruitment matter more
MOM opens a new dorm that it has built to showcase new dorm standards – a news story in Boomberg
Business Times Op-ed: how sustainable is Singapore’s low-wage migrant labour model?
Last October, the Business Times carried a commentary on the sustainability of our migrant labour model. We add our views.
Letter in the Straits Times: Improve access to justice at the Employment Claims Tribunal
TWC2's letter to the Straits Times Forum about the Employment Claims Tribunal process is published. Much improvement to process is needed.
Our comments on MOM’s migrant worker survey 2024, part 5 (Passports, meals and glowing numbers)
The topline is that 95% of migrant workers are satisfied working in Singapore. What does that really mean? Where are possible problems?
Our comments on MOM’s migrant worker survey 2024, part 4 (IPAs and salaries)
The topline is that 95% of migrant workers are satisfied working in Singapore. What does that really mean? Where are possible problems?
Our comments on MOM’s migrant worker survey 2024, part 3 (worker satisfaction)
The topline is that 95% of migrant workers are satisfied working in Singapore. What does that really mean? Where are possible problems?
Parliamentary questions, September 2025, part 1
Many questions from MPs: about primary healthcare, kickbacks, working without work passes and the Household Services Scheme.
Our comments on MOM’s migrant worker survey 2024, part 2 (recruitment and retention)
A large number of employers in MOM's 2024 survey reported using recruitment channels strongly associated with excessive fees and kickbacks. Time to stop denying how dirty our recruitment landscape is.
Our comments on MOM’s migrant worker survey 2024, part 1 (skills and training)
Difficult to get workers with the needed skills, employers say. Look more closely, and we also see a huge reluctance to sponsor workers for training, or even to give them time off to do so.
Foreign workforce numbers 2024
We archive what little public data there is from the Ministry of Manpower regarding the numbers of migrant labour in Singapore for the six years up to 2024