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8 12, 2013

Doctors need to talk to their patients, part 2

2019-08-30T16:34:13+08:00December 8th, 2013|Articles, Stories|

By Benjamin Wong In part 1 was the story of two workers who were worried that their medical records did not correctly capture the circumstances surrounding their workplace accidents. In both cases, the doctors didn't ask the patients how the injury occurred; representatives of the company spoke to the doctors instead. But employers have vested

7 12, 2013

The difference WICA makes

2019-08-30T16:34:14+08:00December 7th, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

Several stories on our website tell of workers who complain that their employers deny that their injuries were caused by workplace accidents. A recent study by Transient Workers Count Too and Healthserve found that a significant percentage of them worry about what their employers told doctors about the circumstances of the accident. But why? Why

7 12, 2013

Doctors need to talk to their patients, part 1

2019-08-30T16:34:14+08:00December 7th, 2013|Articles, Stories|

By Benjamin Wong Injuries are the most common type of case Transient Workers Count Too encounters. For workers as with anyone, getting injured is far from a pleasant experience, to put it euphemistically. But as the many stories published have documented, the accident itself is often only the start of a worker's problems and difficulties

6 12, 2013

Who said what to the doctor?

2019-08-30T16:34:14+08:00December 6th, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, News, Our Stand|

About one in three injured workers, when brought to medical attention after an accident, find that it is the boss or company representative who tells the doctor what caused the injury. The worker doesn't get a chance to speak. Yet, it is rare that the boss or company representative witnessed the accident. Another one-third of

30 11, 2013

Worker couldn’t tell family he’s injured: “I know they will headache”

2019-08-30T16:34:14+08:00November 30th, 2013|Articles, Stories|

By Gabriel Liong After working a long shift plus an additional four hours of overtime, Sahajan was looking forward to a restful night. It was 9.15pm. His day at the shipyard had begun at 7.30am. Climbing into the back of his company’s lorry, Sahajan made himself comfortable for the ride back to the dormitory. Little

29 11, 2013

Do workers exaggerate their injuries? Part 1

2019-08-30T16:34:14+08:00November 29th, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, Media Coverage, News, Our Stand|

An article in the Straits Times, 9 November 2013, on workers'  injuries and medical leave prompted a small flurry of letters to the newspaper's Forum page. The initial article, headlined 'Hospitals give too much sick leave for injuries: Bosses' reported that Bosses are crying foul that foreign workers are getting too much medical leave from

29 11, 2013

Do workers exaggerate their injuries? Part 2

2019-08-30T16:34:14+08:00November 29th, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, Media Coverage, News, Stories|

The scab on one of Das Thiru's knees about three weeks after the accident Continued from PART  'The employers believe these workers exaggerate their injuries to fool doctors' – so reported the Straits Times on 9 November 2013 (‘Hospitals give too much sick leave for injuries: Bosses’ by Amelia Tan) Is this true?

28 11, 2013

Menton diary, part 4

2019-08-30T16:34:15+08:00November 28th, 2013|Articles, Stories|

GO TO PART   23 November 2013, Saturday At last, the story appears in the Straits Times, but it's quite deeply buried within the local news section. The Online Citizen has a longer story. For a summary of both stories, see Menton Technologies' failure to pay salaries in the news.  Alex visits one of the Geylang

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