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29 06, 2010

Helpline caller forced to choose between family and conscience

webmaster2019-08-30T16:36:53+08:00June 29th, 2010|Articles, Stories|

Family members often have different views on migrant workers, especially on the treatment of their own domestic workers. This short story by Anne Bergen-Aurand, first published in our members' newsletter of March-April 2010, recalls a difficulty faced by a caller to our helpline: TWC2's helpline frequently receives calls from “concerned others.” These are callers who

29 05, 2010

Employment Agencies Act and Rules: Proposals for amendment 2010

webmaster2019-08-30T16:36:53+08:00May 29th, 2010|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, News, Our Stand|

Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2) brought together a group of lawyers who worked on these proposals for amending the legislation and rules governing the agencies that handle the placement of many migrant workers with employers every year. The format reproduces the Act and Regulations, with the proposals inserted into the test wherever appropriate. Download the

25 05, 2010

Proposals for the revision of the Employment Agencies Act

webmaster2019-08-30T16:36:53+08:00May 25th, 2010|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, Uncategorized|

The Employment Agencies Act is to be reviewed and amended this year (2010). A TWC2 legal group began work in 2009 on proposals for how the Act and Rules issued under it might be amended to ensure improved protection of the rights and wellbeing of the migrant workers who agencies place in employment. The proposals

20 01, 2010

Cruelty through starvation

alex2019-08-30T16:36:54+08:00January 20th, 2010|Articles, Stories|

From TWC2 members' newsletter, Sept-Oct 2009: Sometimes TWC2 has calls about domestic workers who don’t get enough food to eat. There are not many – just eight last year, for example – but we know other organisations receive similar calls. This is a serious type of abuse and so even a small number of cases

31 08, 2009

Indonesian Domestic Workers in Singapore: Experiences of recruitment, training and return

webmaster2019-08-30T16:36:54+08:00August 31st, 2009|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

In 2008, there were over 180,000 domestic workers in Singapore. The largest numbers came from the Philippines and Indonesia. In this report, Transient Workers Count Too presents the results of a survey that focuses on two main stages of the processes that Indonesian women who decide to become domestic workers go through. They are stages

24 05, 2009

Debt, Delays, Deductions: Wage issues faced by foreign domestic workers in Singapore

webmaster2019-08-30T16:36:54+08:00May 24th, 2009|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

The '3 Ds' report (produced in September 2006) looked at the level of debt carried by domestic workers newly arrived in Singapore as a result of the placement costs they bear. It also reports on delays in payments and salary deductions. It proposes a cap on charges to domestic workers. The issues raised unfortunately remain