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Proposals for the amendment of Regulations issued under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act
The EFMA governs the employment of foreign staff in Singapore. The great majority of non-Singaporean employees are low-salaried migrant workers.Out of over one million non-Singaporeans employed in the country in 2011, 870,000 are low paid workers considered to be semi-skilled who are present on work permits. Perhaps another 100,000 are
Proposals for the amendment of the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act (EFMA)
The EFMA governs the employment of foreign personnel in Singapore. The great majority of non-Singaporean employees are low-salaried migrant workers. TWC2 brought together a legal team to work on proposals for the amendment of EFMA and the regulations issued under it – specifically, the different types of work pass. TWC2
Better enforcement needed in helping injured foreign workers
The subject of paying for medical treatment needed by foreign workers came up in a letter by a Jeffrey Law published by the Straits Times in its online edition on March 14, 2012. Below it is the reply by the Ministry of Manpower, followed by a letter by Debbie Fordyce,
Indranee Rajah takes Manpower ministry to task — comment
At last, somebody within the ruling party has noticed a problem that Transient Workers Count Too have known about for years, and tried to bring to the Manpower ministry's attention repeatedly: there are plenty of injured workers in Singapore heartlessly abandoned by the system. Indranee Rajah, the People's Action Party
TWC2’s stand on trafficking in persons
Prepared by John Gee for TWC2 Trafficking in persons means the moving people to a place other than their home area through coercion or deception for the purpose of exploitation. It has three elements: Actions: Recruitment, transportation or receipt of human beings; Means: The threat or use of force, other
Website reveals unreasonable expectations of maid employers
The Straits Times published an article reporting a complaint against a website (Employing a maid in Singapore) that carries employers’ allegations against domestic workers, along with their details. Former TWC2 president, John Gee, wrote to the paper and the letter was published on December 3, 2011, with notable cuts that
Four week prison sentence an inadequate penalty — Russell Heng
In response to Straits Times' editorial following remarks by Justice V K Rajah dismissing the appeal of Lee Chiang Theng who had mistreated over 600 migrant workers, TWC2 president Russell Heng sent this letter to the newspaper editors on November 30, 2011: --- Dear Straits Times, I welcome your editorial
Many workers ‘missing’ because repatriation agents sent after them
Letter to the Editor, Straits Times November 21, 2011 The article "Wanted Posters for Missing Foreign Workers" mentions workers who disappear just before the expiry of their work permit, suggesting that they would prefer to remain in Singapore to work illegally. It's too simplistic to assume that every report of
Where we stand on fair treatment of foreign domestic workers
Questions and common defences for existing treatment of foreign domestic workers by their employers and TWC2's responses: 1. Don't most domestic workers agree to the conditions they work under? If a woman has signed a contract with the employer that says that she agrees to have no time off for
Rare instances of domestic workers getting pregnant is no reason to deny them a day off – John Gee
John Gee responded to a letter in the October 4, 2011 edition of the Straits Times: Dear ST, Madam Chua Lai Keow certainly had a bad experience with her domestic worker who became pregnant, but this should not be seen as a reason for denying domestic workers days off when