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

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

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

Nearly one in three work accidents might not have been reported to the authorities due to doctors in private practice under-issuing medical leave, a TWC2 survey has found. Only because the worker subsequently makes his way to a public hospital does he get enough medical leave to make it a reportable incident. The Workman's Injury

This is an investigative report by Jamie Lin Weirong, based on interviews with five S-Pass holders, originally from the Philippines.  They work in different trades: retail, catering, and project design and management, but together they sketch out the issues faced by S-Pass holders.  These include a difficult-to-understand hiring process, an opaque work pass approval process