Covid-19 in the dorms: summary for August 2020
Here's the first of our monthly summaries about Covid-19 related numbers and milestones, gleaned from media and government statements.
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09, 2020
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09, 2020
Higher minimum salaries for S-Pass; need to advertise locally for 28 days
The minimum salary for S-Pass will be raised to $2,500 per month. That for Employment Pass to $4,500/month.
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09, 2020
Six little examples: Why can’t he get out of the dorm?
Injured workers who need to attend hospital follow-ups get caught in overly-strict rules about leaving their dorms for appointments. They might miss their doctor dates.
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08, 2020
Covid-19: re-quarantining of dorms shows limits of Singapore’s strategy
Covid-19 will continue to appear repeatedly. If each time we see a cluster, we shut down thousands of workers, the economic cost will be very great.
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08, 2020
Four little stories: Help me get out of Singapore!
After long months of confinement, workers want to go home. But it is proving nearly as difficult as breaking out of jail. Reasons for policy remain unclear.
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08, 2020
Does one minister even know what another minister is doing?
Head of Covid-19 Task Force Lawrence Wong says salaries should be paid. MOM says no need to pay.
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08, 2020
Al Jazeera: Italy’s Sikh slaves
A 25-minute film about migrant workers on Italian farms: their wages, immigration status, payments to "gang-masters", despair and suicide.
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08, 2020
Two jobs in succession, both end with salary non-payment… and there’s more
Akash had a salary problem in one job. He then found a new job. Eight months later, non-payment again. We learn of worse as the interview progresses.
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08, 2020
Post-Covid, hopes and disputes emerge from deep freeze
How four workers have been affected by the suspension of many actvities during the Covid-19 lockdown from early April to early June 2020.
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08, 2020
Confinement in dorms: If regulations overreach, change the regulations
MOM now says it is not their intent to give employers unfettered power over workers' movements. But why say this over social media? Why not simply correct badly drafted law?