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Wanna-be driver hits potholes on way to transfer job
Kawsar is an intelligent guy prepared to make sacrifices to get ahead. He still ends up stymied by bureaucracy as he tries for a transfer job.
World’s only single-use smart card?
Among the many things in workers' wallets, we occasionally see a two-tone green card with a Bangladeshi logo. Heidi investigates what this card is.
BBC video: Silicon valley’s online slave market
This documentary about human trafficking may be about Kuwait but the specific factors enabling the problem have parallels in Singapore too. Don't be smug.
Furious employer pressures worker to go home after he’s injured
If paying medical bills made the employer furious, the prospect of having to pay injury compensation called for more drastic measures. Send worker home!
What else can be done but live a life of quiet resignation?
A profile of a worker with so many problems we hardly know where to begin. Monzurul may not be the luckiest guy, but his situation is not uncommon either.
Two men, three accidents, nineteen months
By sheer coincidence, two men show up at TWC2, both have been waiting 19 months for resolution of their work injury claims, with no end in sight.
Another worker with exploitative salary structure in IPA ‘approved’ by MOM
An example of an employer trying to benefit from lower levy while slashing the wages of an employee to a ridiculous pittance.
Murad’s case flashes many trafficking indicator lights
Boss was unhappy that Murad found a new job. How to stop him from moving to another employer?
The thumb dashed it all
Forhad Dewan was relieved when he could go back to work after Covid-19. It didn't last long. He came to us for help, but we had to explain the limits.
For five years, Alomgir’s employer ignored the law
There's an open secret in Singapore: many employers flout the law on correct calculation of salary with little fear of being taken to task.