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
The Manpower Minister sheds a bit of light on these issues through answers to parliamentary questions in September 2024
After four years in his job, a worker gets promoted and his salary increased. Then paydays get pushed back further and further. Ratham needs to prove how much he is owed, but there's a snag.
We picked four men at random from our free meals programme and ask them about their payslips. All four had issues with them.
