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Yarif caught between two bureaucracies
Yarif has been waiting more than a year for this injury compensation claim to conclude. He's told that his Special Pass won't be extended much longer.
Electronic payment of salary: ten years’ inaction catches up on Singapore
Three days after TWC2 issued a media statement touching on the incompatibility between cash payment of salaries and quarantine, MOM issued a directive requiring electronic payment. But what new chaos await us as this is hastily implemented?
Broken promises, broken thumb, broken finances
Through Adnan's story, a detailed look at a migrant worker's financial stress. It all started with having to pay a heft recruitment fee.
In defence of … squalor
Why are worker dormitories said to be so dirty? Who is responsible? What connection with Covid-19?
An infectious cluster — from 2008
Contagion in crowded dorms has happened before, and TWC2 was right there, video-ing it.
“All person is scared” — Bangladeshi workers amid Covid-19
We interview several Bangladeshi workers to find out what they know about the Covid-19 situation and the dilemmas they face.
Through a shady broker, certified welder ends up with $220/month job
Shipyard worker is duped into a job paying only $220 a month. Illegal recruiters flourish despite the law because enforcement is poor.
Covid-19: the risks from packing them in
To keep costs down, we have created worker dormitories with very high density. It's a recipe for contagion. But if we have to lower the density quickly and move some men out, is there anything we can do?
Swindle, cheat and manipulate: so what can be done?
Since job scams arise from misrepresentation of the nature and terms of the job, a solution must lie in eliminating opportunities for deception. Workers must have direct access to employers' submissions and MOM's electronic records.
Johirul’s salary case at the nine-month point
After months of stagnation, Johirul's case is finally moving again, but after nine long months, he's looking at getting less than a quarter of his owed salary.