A worker shows us a document wherein his employer had declared that the worker did not pay any recruitment fees or costs. Then the worker tells us what he had to pay.
A domestic worker was savaged by the family dog, leaving permanent injuries. MOM has no system for getting justice for her. She's on her own and needs a lawyer.
Our volunteer sits down with several Bangladeshi workers and chats about anything that comes to mind. Migrant workers reveal different and interesting profiles.
The back story of Jahirul's journey to Singapore is even worse than the Part 1 story of being assaulted by his boss. Uncomfortable questions arise about the Singapore "system".
Six weeks into his job as a landscaping worker, Jahirul was assaulted by his boss and terminated from the job. Do bosses not care about morale and productivity? What skewed incentives promote such behaviour?
Although he was short-paid by this third employer – and that's why he came to TWC2 for help – Jack comes across as a happy worker. He absolutely loves working in for Singapore companies.
Our writer chats casually with workers at the Cuff Road Project. Then the conversation turns serious. We don't get cyclones in Singapore but we can't say it's got nothing to do with us
One in six Work Permit holders in the construction and related industries still do not get payslips regularly with each payday, our survey found. But aren't payslips required by law?
We encountered yet another worker with a shockingly low salary and very high recruitment costs. He is a shipyard worker - the very industry under pressure from its international customers to clean up its act.
We ask some workers if they've ever worked under "good bosses". Two said yes. What what do they consider as a "good boss"? Are their expectations high or low?
