Palm oil products from Malaysian company banned from US because of labour abuses
The world's largest producer of palm oil has its products banned from the US because of credible evidence of labour abuses.
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10, 2020
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09, 2020
Six percent reduction of Work Permit holders in first half 2020
There's an across-the-board fall in the number of low-wage migrant workers in Singapore through the first six months of 2020. Even domestic workers.
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09, 2020
TADM — friend, stranger or foe?
When an employee files a claim, the Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management plays two roles. Is there a conflict of interest between the two roles?
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09, 2020
Open the dorms – no reason to continue imprisoning workers
We have kept hundreds of thousands of workers in captivity for nearly six months. This is inhuman. Numbers of Covid-19 cases don't justify this anymore.
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09, 2020
Research finding: Only a handful of workers have had rest days out from dorms
We hoped to find out how workers navigated the procedure for going out on rest days. Instead we found that most weren't going anywhere.
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09, 2020
What happened with salary claims during the lockdown?
With mediation meetings too difficult to organise, most cases were suspended. With the gradual lifting, there's some movement, but little prospect of happy outcomes.
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09, 2020
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
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.