Laundromat city
Construction worker Domog faces a host of problems, of which his agent fee is not top of mind, but nonetheless we ask him to detail the payments he has had to make.
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07, 2025
13
07, 2025
What happens when “I take care of workers [that] boss don’t like”
A worker is injured in an accident, his supervisor is called as a witness. Is it a coincidence when the supervisor is accused of theft of company property?
7
07, 2025
Seeing double: an unexplained mystery
A curious case involving nearly 20 men approaching TWC2 within a week, all of whom had proper IPAs at MOM, but due to a mismatch of names compared with their passports, were refused Work Permits. Now left jobless.
3
07, 2025
“If you complain, we will kill you”
Employers abused the Training Employment Pass scheme to hire cheap day labour; now hear it from the worker's perspective: distress, helplessness and financial disaster.
28
06, 2025
Resign? What fiction is this?
Without a sense of financial security, resigning from a bad job may be an unrealistic move for migrant workers – even when salary isn't fully paid.
22
06, 2025
If farmers can lock up their oxen in a barn, why can’t we lock up our workers too?
There's a continuing pattern of employers locking up their employees. We describe a recent case when TWC2 had to intervene and explain why such employer attitudes and behaviour persist.
16
06, 2025
Management executives washing dishes – media coverage and more
Our earlier article "Management executives" washing dishes got media attention. Then more informants came to us to tell us about the issue. It's much bigger than we had thought.
12
06, 2025
Scams and substitutions, case #3 of 3
Another day, another scam. This time, it involves the Training Employment Pass. This case suggests lax controls and oversight at MOM. But when real individuals lose big money, something has to be done.
7
06, 2025
Scams and substitutions, case #2 of 3
A Burmese restaurant worker was never paid for overtime work, suffered huge salary deductions, and then more than a year later, discovered that the employer had substituted his contract with another one.
2
06, 2025
Scams and substitutions, case #1 of 3
A Chinese worker was asked to work, not for the company stated on her work permit, but for a related company. The boss was the same. How could she say no? And then when she was not paid properly, how does she claim what's due?