A tooth was chipped and cracked. The saga begins. Ten months on, the worker still hasn't received proper treatment.
A not uncommon story of a worker made to work excessive overtime and most Sundays.
We poll three workers about their experiences at Singapore hospitals. They speak well of the professionalism and efficiency they see.
A worker's salary deductions each month exceed his basic monthly salary. If not for long hours of overtime, he would have to pay his employer for working. Shouldn't it be the other way around?
A message came into TWC2's help centre, telling us about a fake IPAs and how two workers in India paid money and were victims of a scam. Why are IPAs so easy to forge?
Unable to resolve his grievances within the company, our baker resigns and files a salary claim; the surprises along the way!
A Burmese worker tells us about discrimination over rest days, misleading recruitment and uncompensated overtime; his attempts to resolve them internaly led nowhere.
In Singapore, the State provides little help for migrant workers' healthcare costs. Employers and private insurance are held responsible, but the responsibility is often evaded. Then what? Nothing?
Despite great efforts at TWC2, workers don't often get full satisfaction over their grievances. And then when we least expect it, things turn out right.
The Manpower Minister sheds a bit of light on these issues through answers to parliamentary questions in September 2024
