Facts, research, analysis

6 04, 2014

At the Cuff Road Project, injury cases more than doubled 2013 over 2011

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The number of injury cases seen at the Cuff Road Project more than doubled between 2011 and 2013, latest figures show. In 2011, our volunteers saw 807 injured workers; it shot up to 1,523 cases in 2012, and rose some more in 2013, to 1,791. However, the total numbers seen at our meal programme increased

6 04, 2014

Cuff Road Project 2013: Statistics

webmaster2019-08-30T16:33:33+08:00April 6th, 2014|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

The Cuff Road Food Programme is Transient Workers Count Too’s signature project. It provides free meals to migrant workers six days a week when they are injured or otherwise out of work and destitute. It also offers an important contact point between the organisation and those in need of help. Workers not only get nourishment,

30 03, 2014

Our accounts reflect our frugality

webmaster2019-08-30T16:33:33+08:00March 30th, 2014|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, News, News Flash|

In 2013, over 90 percent of TWC2's spending went towards charitable activities, benefitting our clients in a relatively direct way. We spend little on overheads, reflecting a philosophy of frugality we are proud of. Total expenditure in the year was $481,139, leaving us with a surplus of $254,755 from the year's income of $735,894. About

20 03, 2014

Malaysians form the largest group of work permit holders by nationality

webmaster2019-08-30T16:33:35+08:00March 20th, 2014|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

In yet another example of the Ministry of Manpower releasing data in dribs and drabs, Kevin Teoh, the divisional director of MOM's Foreign Manpower Management Division told the Committee of Inquiry looking into the Little India riots: Mr Teoh also clarified that of the 1.1 million foreign non-domestic workers in Singapore, about 330,000 were employment pass and

9 03, 2014

High Court overrules MOM Labour Court on overtime pay

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In a noteworthy decision, the High Court ruled that the Ministry of Manpower's Assistant Commissioner for Labour misapprehended the law, applying it wrongly. The latter (also known informally as the Labour Court) had ruled in favour of the employer VGP Corp Ltd. But the High Court, in a written decision released on 31 December 2013,

14 02, 2014

Injured workers inside and outside WICA: processes, problems and solutions

webmaster2019-08-30T16:33:36+08:00February 14th, 2014|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, News, Our Stand|

This downloadable document is a consolidation of the various recommendations that Transient Workers Count Too has made to the Ministry of Manpower in the last few months and years, with respect to injured workers. Injured worker issues are quite distinct from the salary non-payment issues. For the latter, the recommendations are more straightforward: detailed itemised

1 02, 2014

Workplace injuries and migrant workers

webmaster2019-08-30T16:33:37+08:00February 1st, 2014|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

By John Gee The annual report for 2012 of the Occupational Safety and Health Division (link to Part 1, Part 2), released in March 2013, ("OSHD Report") showed that the number of workplace deaths had fallen to 56, its lowest level in nine years. However, the total number of injuries had risen over ten per

24 12, 2013

Informed consent, wages, kickbacks, termination and transfers

webmaster2019-08-30T16:34:11+08:00December 24th, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

Four first-year law students were attached to Transient Workers Count Too for three weeks in December 2013. The project we designed for them involved interviewing as many workers as they could on themes of their choice. However, these themes had to be drawn from the submission that TWC2 made to the Ministry of Manpower on

7 12, 2013

The difference WICA makes

webmaster2019-08-30T16:34:14+08:00December 7th, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

Several stories on our website tell of workers who complain that their employers deny that their injuries were caused by workplace accidents. A recent study by Transient Workers Count Too and Healthserve found that a significant percentage of them worry about what their employers told doctors about the circumstances of the accident. But why? Why

6 12, 2013

Who said what to the doctor?

webmaster2019-08-30T16:34:14+08:00December 6th, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, News, Our Stand|

About one in three injured workers, when brought to medical attention after an accident, find that it is the boss or company representative who tells the doctor what caused the injury. The worker doesn't get a chance to speak. Yet, it is rare that the boss or company representative witnessed the accident. Another one-third of