Occupational hazards that come charging out
Migrant worker Khan is back in Singapore, fully recovered from his injuries. He comes by the Cuff Road Project to say hello to old friends. But how was he injured?
15
04, 2024
4
04, 2024
When data reaches its use-by date
One of our volunteers walked past a law office. She was shocked to see piles of paper, almost surely containing personal details of injured migrant workers, lying on the sidewalk. Anyone could have taken them.
27
03, 2024
Where I stay is a dump, but it’s still better than…
A worker finds his own place to live. There are daily frustrations. What if his employer found a place for him in a dorm? Would he prefer that?
20
03, 2024
Injured workers’ ordeal: tar pits
The Work Injury Compensation Act is meant to provide a simplified route for work injury claims. What's the reality like, post 2019 when MOM delegated the processing of claims to insurance companies?
16
03, 2024
Council of the European Union adopts new supply chain rules
The EU is now only one step away from requiring large companies to exercise due diligence over their supply chains, including labour abuses. Singapore companies will be affected since we trade so widely.
14
03, 2024
Employer bullies worker. Can nothing be done?
For several days, despite intervention by MOM, a worker had nowhere to sleep after he was turfed out of this dorm. Even when this was resolved, the issue of meals became a bone of contention.
8
03, 2024
MOM responds to our article on payslips, we dissect its reply
MOM takes issue with our article on payslips. They seem too eager to defend themselves that they make rather questionable statements. We dissect them.
7
03, 2024
Blessed imprisonment
Rari Sumon's story indicates that several laws could have been broken. The shocking thing is that among the actors were MOM officers.
28
02, 2024
“Most of the time, I was crying” – victim of job scam
A well-educated guy got a job as a Construction Site Supervisor. The first day on the job, he was astonished what he was asked to do. An anatomy of a scam.
20
02, 2024
From Rajasthan to the Ministry of Manpower, part 2
When the law says an employer is responsible for providing food, yet the food is not culturally appropriate, can MOM require the employer to provide a meal allowance instead?