Employment passes as work-around for manual labour needs
Two university graduates from India holding Employment Passes hint at manpower problems at Changi Airport. Is our work pass system keeping pace with needs?
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05, 2026
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05, 2026
A vote from afar: why most Bangladeshi workers in Singapore did not cast their ballot
Bangladesh offered overseas voting for its February 2026 general election. We spoke to several workers about their participation.
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04, 2026
New law to streamline the enforcement of civil judgments to be proposed in late 2026
Coming soon: new law to streamline enforcement of court orders. Long overdue improvement. A salary insurance scheme would be a useful complement too.
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04, 2026
Sweet victory, bitter outcome – Fairness and effectiveness of the salary claims process at TADM and the ECT
Despite getting judgements in their favour, workers may still not recover their owed salaries. Our report examines the issue.
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04, 2026
Thingyan outreach to the Burmese community a wet success
TWC2 organised a water event to mark Thingyan, the Burmese new year. It's part of our regular outreach to the migrant worker communities.
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04, 2026
Agent said basic salary would be $1,550; on IPA it was $800
One day before his flight to Singapore, a first-time worker was handed an In-principle Approval showing his salary to be half of what he had agreed with the agent.
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04, 2026
“Dormitories are a secondary issue,” says TWC2. Debt bondage, wage theft and deceptive recruitment matter more
MOM opens a new dorm that it has built to showcase new dorm standards – a news story in Boomberg
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04, 2026
High Court rules that fixed allowances cannot “cover or subsume overtime payments”
The employer said Hulash's overtime was covered by a fixed allowance of unspecified purpose. TWC2 helped Hulash fight all the way to the High Court to win his case.
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04, 2026
Barriers to entry: access to justice for migrant workers in Singapore
This research report draws on interviews with workers pursuing ECT cases, highlighting the obstacles they face
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03, 2026
Dry numbers on time logs “cannot feel my body”
This story dives into two construction workers' time logs; they tell a tale of exhaustion.