Electrician was not paid his proper salary since the day he started work. Then in early 2026, salary appeared in his bank account, only to disappear just as quickly.
Singapore ratified ILO Convention 29 two generations ago. How much progress mas been made? In what ways does forced labour still manifest itself here?
Foreign workers hired as baggage handlers at Changi airport is a crisis we saw coming, but the quesion should be: How did MOM approve so many dodgy Employment Pass applications?
An injured worker had employer standing in the way of proper medical treatment, followed by an opaque "investigation" leaving him with no financial support, despite protections in the Work Injury Compensation Act.
An office worker paid $12,000 and comes to Singapore believing he will be a construction supervisor. Naturally, many things go wrong.
Migrant shipyard and related workers are paid less than a quarter of what the government considers minimum fair salaries for Singaporeans. These workers are among the lowest paid in Singapore.
Can an employer compel a worker to give up all his rest days? Sign something without letting him read it? Pay less than half the proper salary?
To often, employers cheat on salaries by not issuing payslips with sufficient detail about hours worked. Enforcement is weak. Here's a solution.
Two marine engineering workers were offered absurdly low salaries of $350. But after arriving in Singapore, the employer slashed $100 off that.
Here is a case where a worker could show us how money flowed from her Myanmar recruiter to the Singapore agency. Actually, no money flowed to the agency, even though thousands of dollars moved.
