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The man who rejected a promotion to ‘mechanical engineer’, Part 2
All migrant workers fear losing their jobs as soon as they try to assert their right to the agreed salary; is there nothing that can be done?
The man who rejected a promotion to ‘mechanical engineer’, Part 1
In every one of three jobs, a driver was short-paid his salary. It took a while before he had the confidence to use the claims system. As typically the case, as soon as he filed a complaint, the sack awaited.
Several cases of forgery of crucial MOM document
A critical document is issued by MOM in PDF format, but nowadays, scammers have the skills to create forgeries. Prospective workers lose thousands of dollars.
Salary disputes often spring from breaches of law, why aren’t employers automatically investigated?
A story about kickbacks, a bad faith S-Pass application and a host of other breaches, all crying out for investigation, but was there any?
The man who might not even be a statistic
After a small injury, a worker was left unemployed for 20 months; employer uncooperative, insurer tardy and the regulator engaging in taichi.
Good diet and good health remain challenges
Workers know they need good health. For many, what they get every day is catered food which "nobody like".
Such is our lot: Awareness of law violations and reluctance to confront them
In this brief study, we assessed migrant workers' awareness of three key legal protections and, if violated, what holds them back from asserting their rights.
Injury claim unattended to for a year, worker left helpless
A doctor wrote a memo to an employer saying that a worker's injury had stabilised and that he was ready for compensation; the memo disappeared into a black hole.
Burden of proof: who requested work on a rest day?
Singapore's law on overtime makes a distinction between an employer's request and employee's request. Which party bears the burden of proof?
Human cargo and Singapore exceptionalism
It is sickening news to hear of another worker killed while riding on the back of a lorry – an unsafe practice the Singapore government refuses to ban.