Facts, research, analysis

9 10, 2013

65 percent of injured and salary-claim workers threatened with premature repatriation

webmaster2019-08-30T16:34:17+08:00October 9th, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, Happenings|

For both groups -- those regularly working and those with injury and salary claims-- the threat of premature repatriation creates a lot of stress. It is the most important stress factor among working workers, and the second-most important, after being injured, among injured and salary-claim workers. Having uncleared debts incurred in agents fees also hung

24 09, 2013

Study on injured workers’ housing conditions reveals widespread neglect of employers’ responsibilities

webmaster2019-08-30T16:34:18+08:00September 24th, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

Only 28 percent of injured workers have been offered accommodation by their employer (sometimes, MOM) post-injury. This despite the fact that the law requires employers to provide decent housing while they are in Singapore. Even so, these 28 percent were not in that offered accommodation; they fled for fear of forced repatriation and other pressing

22 09, 2013

Training centres in Bangladesh have become money-minting machines

alex2019-08-30T16:34:18+08:00September 22nd, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

It started as a way to ensure that migrant workers coming to Singapore had some basic skills, but the raison d'etre has since become something else: to extract as much money as possible from the poor. "It" is the tangled business of providing training, testing and recruitment in Bangladesh. The key to its metamorphosis is

19 09, 2013

Direct Services Report for 2012

webmaster2019-08-30T16:34:18+08:00September 19th, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

Periodically, Transient Workers Count Too produces a Direct Services Report, summarising the help we render to migrant workers. Help takes various forms, including advice through a toll-free helpline, intervention and case management and a free meals programme. The 26-page report for the year 2012 can be downloaded by clicking the link.

29 08, 2013

Survey uncovers exorbitant agent fees suffered by Bangladeshi workers

Volunteer Writing Team2019-08-30T16:34:19+08:00August 29th, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

By YC Loh For Bangladeshis in their first job here, about half paid more than S$7,000 to their agent. More than 70 percent paid over $5,000. By contrast, the majority (over 60%) of Indians paid less than $5,000 to their agent for their first job. These figures emerged from a survey recently conducted by TWC2. The average

1 08, 2013

Workers will bear over $5 billion of costs for injuries sustained in 2011

webmaster2019-08-30T16:34:51+08:00August 1st, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, News, News Flash|

Preliminary findings from a study of workplace injuries and ill-health in 2011 reveal that slightly more than half of total costs fall on workers themselves, when quantified into dollar terms. Since low-wage foreign workers tend to be the ones doing the dangerous jobs, they suffer injuries and ill-health disproportionately. Now they -- the least able

26 07, 2013

Mixed progress on maids’ day off

webmaster2019-08-30T16:34:51+08:00July 26th, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, Media Coverage, News|

This commentary by John Gee, immediate past president of TWC2, was carried in Today newspaper on 22 July 2013: --- It is just before 9am on a Sunday and there is an elegantly dressed woman in the lift, but she is carrying a large bag that does not go with her outfit. She steps out

24 07, 2013

Over 57,000 meals served in first half 2013

webmaster2019-08-30T16:34:51+08:00July 24th, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

Transient Workers Count Too served 57,852 meals at our Cuff Road Project through the first six months of 2013. We averaged about 2,160 meals per week, which is 45 - 50 percent higher than the weekly average in 2011. The monthly totals can be be gleaned from the table at left. The June figure is

21 07, 2013

Broken bones but no medical leave

webmaster2019-08-30T16:34:51+08:00July 21st, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

The above are file pictures and do not represent any of the workers mentioned in this article Foreign workers with relatively serious injuries get very little medical leave when their employers send them to private hospitals. From a recent survey (15 July 2013), we came across one worker (Case ref 094) who had a broken

14 07, 2013

Widespread but unnecessary reliance on lawyers

webmaster2019-08-30T16:34:51+08:00July 14th, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

Click to see a larger image Generally, legal representation is not necessary for claiming Work Injury Compensation. MOM will deal with the relevant parties to process the claim, and any party can approach MOM for advice or assistance on the claims procedures. However, if the claimant wants to assess whether to claim compensation