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Six days we work hard, seventh day we paddle hard
TWC2 sponsored a team of dragon-boaters at this year's competition. For a year before that, the men and women had trained every weekend, but everything was doubly hard for them.
Wrongful dismissal, second of two July 2024 cases
Work Permit holders are often summarily terminated. Yet our laws contain clauses about wrongful dismissal. When would a dismissal be wrongful? We had a test case before the Employment Claims Tribunal.
Wrongful dismissal, first of two July 2024 cases
A worker went to MOM and TADM saying he was being asked to work 14 hours a day, which he refused, and that he was then fired. He was told that he had no case. And the logic is?
Broken foot, yet reluctant to report accident to Manpower Ministry
Robiul's foot is in a cast. He's not able to work. He's afraid of losing his job and doesn't know what to do next, but he resists our advice. We try to figure out why.
Proud fathers
While stuck in Singapore awaiting the conclusion of his salary claim, a construction worker talks about his family and his hopes about his own future.
Seven checkboxes on page two
A worker shows us a document wherein his employer had declared that the worker did not pay any recruitment fees or costs. Then the worker tells us what he had to pay.
Keep the dog, discard the worker
A domestic worker was savaged by the family dog, leaving permanent injuries. MOM has no system for getting justice for her. She's on her own and needs a lawyer.
As the sun sets and the moon rises
Our volunteer sits down with several Bangladeshi workers and chats about anything that comes to mind. Migrant workers reveal different and interesting profiles.
Jahirul assaulted and thrown to the wolves, part 2
The back story of Jahirul's journey to Singapore is even worse than the Part 1 story of being assaulted by his boss. Uncomfortable questions arise about the Singapore "system".
Jahirul assaulted and thrown to the wolves, part 1
Six weeks into his job as a landscaping worker, Jahirul was assaulted by his boss and terminated from the job. Do bosses not care about morale and productivity? What skewed incentives promote such behaviour?