The New Paper reported, on 4 August 2012, that a total of $68 million was awarded in compensation for permanent incapacity and death in 2011. It did not provide any split between froeign and local workers, nor did it say how much claimants actually received. Very often, in TWC2's experience, workers received less than the
This is in reference to the conviction of Tay Kok Eng for dumping a badly injured worker on the sidewalk. See news snippet: Employer pleads guilty to leaving worker to die by roadside. It's likely that the employer in this case left the worker assuming he would die and would not be able to identify
Continued from Part 3 This is the fourth of six parts: On return to Cotonou, the immigration officials didn’t need to stamp his passport, because Boomi hadn’t crossed immigration in Morocco. His luggage was lighter by one large bag, which presumably had gone on ahead to Montreal. There wasn’t much of value in the bag
Toh E-Yeong, 40, was fined $4,170 on 31 July 2012 for a series of charges relating to non-payment of salaries to two foreign domestic workers. The New Paper reported on 2 August 2012 that he owed Ms Jocelyn Quiaoit Manglal-Lan $1,2265.50 in unpaid salaries for a seven-month period September 2010 to May 2011. He owed
Tay Kok Eng. Photo credit: Straits Times Employer Tay Kok Eng, 56, admitted to a court that he dumped a severely injured worker on the roadside where the man eventually died. He did this despite two doctors having earlier advised Tay to take the worker Chelladurai Lenin, 47, to a hospital. The court
Transient Workers Count Too Media Release 31 July 2012 For immediate release Update on donations to Bugis MRT accident victims As at 4 pm on Monday, 30 July 2012, the donations actually in hand totalled $66,332. There are some additional cheques, SgGives and Paypal transactions still being cleared or in electronic transit, and a few
It was a warm night on the rooftop of Zsofi Tapas Bar last Sunday (29 July 2012) but all the guests -- numbering over a hundred -- had a good time. Transient Workers Count Too's fundraising and volunteer appreciation dinner went off with hardly a hitch, with an equal mix of donors and well-wishers, volunteers
Continued from part 2 This is the third of six parts: Rajeesh was the only one who knew anything about the city of Cotonou, Benin, and having gone out regularly he had picked up a working knowledge of French. At the beginning of their stay, Liady Furaimo’s African friends would shop for the Indian men,
In his nine months since arriving in Singapore, Habibur (not his real name) has been scolded – verbally and physically – threatened with his life, exploited, beaten and forced to lie to the MOM. As a teacher in his native Bangladesh, Habibur could expect, on top of regular work, a modicum of respect. He arrived in Singapore
Today, a publication of Medicorp, carried an article about donations for victims of the Bugis MRT site accident crossing $23,000 in its online edition 24 July 2012 (see below). The report cited a mention of this figure on our website, which is true for we put up the figure late Monday night. As of the
