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Mahfuzur’s sleepless fortnight as he prepared to press his salary claim
Day by day, how we helped a worker overcome fear of retribution and get his owed salary.
If even educated people from source countries know so little about Singapore, how can they be training workers for us?
At a conference session on upskilling, TWC2 saw the enormity of the challenge for Singapore as we try to raise productivity among migrant workers and fill our future care-giving needs.
“Every year, salary increase $100, $200,” says Monzurul
Although injured in an accident, Monzurul recalls happy times with his boss. We enquire why.
Two attempts at Writ of Seizure and Sale, part 2
We got ready to serve a Writ of Seizure & Sale on an employer who was ignoring court orders to pay a worker her salary, but things happened so fast, we didn't know if we succeeded or not.
How employers can kickstart an epidemic
Robeul is penalised because a doctor gave him two days' medical leave. Making ill workers return to work is socially irresponsible, accelerating the spread of infectious diseases.
Two attempts at Writ of Seizure and Sale, part 1
A rare success story here, where we helped a Chinese migrant worker to recover the bulk of her owed salary from a restaurant chain.
Two injured workers — one unhappy, the other asked to fetch vegetables
Who is responsible for ensuring that workers with claims receive food? Not given, says one worker. The "vegetables" were 10-15 km away, says another.
“This case I win because TWC2 help me,” says a beaming Ali
Sheikh Keramot Ali is chuffed to have a Tribunal Order giving him his owed wages and grateful to TWC2 for teaching him a bit of law to successfully argue his claim.
Two workers asked to choose between seeing a doctor and keeping their jobs
They shouldn't have to choose; the law cannot be any clearer. Yet these cases aren't rare.
Four teeth and a town council cleaner’s hours
Hebal worked 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. Was this legal? Then he lost four teeth.