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10 03, 2012

Indranee Rajah takes Manpower ministry to task — audio and transcript

2019-08-30T16:36:05+08:00March 10th, 2012|News, News Flash|

At the parliamentary sitting of Monday, March 5, 2012, the member for the Silat precinct of Tanjong Pagar group representation constituency, Indranee Rajah, spoke of what she recently discovered about the situation injured foreign workers found themselves in. Residents had complained about the large numbers of foreign workers in their area. The People's

10 03, 2012

Facebook ‘Likes’ cross 1,000

2019-08-30T16:36:05+08:00March 10th, 2012|Articles, Happenings|

March 9, 2012, marked a little milestone for Transient Workers Count Too. The number of 'Likes' on our Facebook page crossed 1,000, reaching 1,017 on the morning of March 10., as can be seen from the screen capture above. When we revamped and relaunched our website on November 1, 2011, with a bit of integration

9 03, 2012

Boss housed workers in trash bin centres

2019-08-30T16:36:20+08:00March 9th, 2012|News, News Flash|

Four foreign workers were made to live in a rubbish bin centre by their employer. However, to conceal this fact from the Ministry of Manpower, general manager Lim Jiun Wei, 38, and  site manager Wan Kar Hou Francis, 32, made false declarations about the residential address of these employees. Today newspaper reported on March 7,

7 03, 2012

Death in Geylang: 200 ‘Likes’ and Counting

2019-08-30T16:36:20+08:00March 7th, 2012|Articles, Stories|

How do you measure compassion online? Or empathy? How do we advocate tolerance towards migrant workers when negative stereotypes are being continually recycled and unchallenged in cyberspace? Civil society is changing shape online but sadly it hasn't brought with it civil discourse. I stumbled upon this article yesterday about the death of two migrant workers

6 03, 2012

Chinese national jailed for 41 phantom workers

2019-08-30T16:36:21+08:00March 6th, 2012|News, News Flash|

Chinese national and Singapore permanent resident Wang Jianping paid Central Provident Fund (CPF) contributions for 41 Singaporeans whom he had declared to be his employees. between May 2007 and February 2009. On March 5, 2012, he was jailed a month after pleading guilty to using this ruse -- the workers were not genuine employees --

6 03, 2012

TWC2’s stand on trafficking in persons

2019-08-30T16:36:21+08:00March 6th, 2012|News, Our Stand|

Prepared by John Gee for TWC2 Trafficking in persons means the moving people to a place other than their home area through coercion or deception for the purpose of exploitation. It has three elements: Actions: Recruitment, transportation or receipt of human beings; Means: The threat or use of force, other forms of coercion, or deception;

6 03, 2012

Pair found dead in Geylang hotel

2019-08-30T16:36:21+08:00March 6th, 2012|News, News Flash|

Rezzilyn Lodia Vinegas, 33, and Mohamad Sumon Lutfar, 22, were found dead with severe slash wounds on Sunday night (March 4, 2012). Their bodies, with injuries to the throat and arms, were found by a hotel worker about five and a half hours after they checked in together into the inn, located in

5 03, 2012

Weekly day off to become mandatory

2019-08-30T16:36:21+08:00March 5th, 2012|News, News Flash|

Minister of State for Manpower Tan Chuan-jin announced in parliament that employers of foreign domestic workers on new or renewed Work Permits starting Jan 1, 2013, will be required to give a weekly day off. However, if the worker agrees to work on her day off, she can be compensated with additional pay, computed at

5 03, 2012

Government making weekly rest day mandatory for foreign domestic workers a progressive move

2019-08-30T16:36:21+08:00March 5th, 2012|News, Press Releases|

Transient Workers Count Too Monday, 5 March 2012 Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2) welcomes the announcement by the Ministry of Manpower requiring a weekly rest day for foreign domestic workers (FDW). TWC2 has been advocating this ever since we started in 2003 and is pleased that this significant move forward is now being taken. Over

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