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Boss made worker accept salary reduction of 85 percent
One year into his job, for which salary was already inconsistently paid, Husaib's boss insisted that he sign a new document slashing his monthly salary. Having paid $9,000 to get the job, could Husaib refuse?
From one bucket to another
Singapore law says employers must not recover levy costs from migrant workers, but there is a legal way to do it until a worker is brave enough to challenge it
Singapore at sixty
On 9 August 1965, the Republic of Singapore celebrates its 60th anniversary of nationhood. Through the decades, lots of Singaporeans have pulled together to what Singapore what it is today. Lots of non-Singaporeans too.
The case for casework
Casework may be the less visible part of TWC2's work, but it's key to our mission. Here's an example of how casework helped a worker.
Going international: Singapore’s toothless laws
A recruiter goes onto Facebook to publicise his scheme to hire low-wage workers in violation of Singapore law; he seems to have nothing to fear.
When TADM’s discretion becomes the employer’s bargaining chip
Over the years, ministers have repeatedly said that migrant workers with valid employment claim will be permitted to find new jobs without repatriation, but Anna was denied this.
Laundromat city
Construction worker Domog faces a host of problems, of which his agent fee is not top of mind, but nonetheless we ask him to detail the payments he has had to make.
What happens when “I take care of workers [that] boss don’t like”
A worker is injured in an accident, his supervisor is called as a witness. Is it a coincidence when the supervisor is accused of theft of company property?
Seeing double: an unexplained mystery
A curious case involving nearly 20 men approaching TWC2 within a week, all of whom had proper IPAs at MOM, but due to a mismatch of names compared with their passports, were refused Work Permits. Now left jobless.
“If you complain, we will kill you”
Employers abused the Training Employment Pass scheme to hire cheap day labour; now hear it from the worker's perspective: distress, helplessness and financial disaster.