Work Permit holders are often summarily terminated. Yet our laws contain clauses about wrongful dismissal. When would a dismissal be wrongful? We had a test case before the Employment Claims Tribunal.
A worker went to MOM and TADM saying he was being asked to work 14 hours a day, which he refused, and that he was then fired. He was told that he had no case. And the logic is?
To mark TWC2's twentieth anniversary, we put up a series of seven videos discussing issues still bedevilling the migrant worker space.
Robiul's foot is in a cast. He's not able to work. He's afraid of losing his job and doesn't know what to do next, but he resists our advice. We try to figure out why.
While stuck in Singapore awaiting the conclusion of his salary claim, a construction worker talks about his family and his hopes about his own future.
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?
