Our advocacy work is based on evidence collected in our research activities. In this section are reports, research findings, brief fact sheets and analyses.

5 08, 2012

Work injury compensation limits increased as at 1 June 2012

2019-08-30T16:35:59+08:00August 5th, 2012|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, News, News Flash, Uncategorized|

The New Paper reported, on 4 August 2012, that a total of $68 million was awarded in compensation for permanent incapacity and death in 2011. It did not provide any split between froeign and local workers, nor did it say how much claimants actually received. Very often, in TWC2's experience, workers received less than the

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22 07, 2012

Signing on the dotted line

2019-08-30T16:36:01+08:00July 22nd, 2012|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, Uncategorized|

‘Signing on the dotted line: examining operational indicators of trafficking’ is a two part article written by TWC2’s immediate past president, John Gee, for the website of The Trafficking Research Project (TTRP), and published in June and July 2012. The first part of the article is on contract abuse, where companies have tried to impose

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11 07, 2012

Translating humanity

2019-08-30T16:36:02+08:00July 11th, 2012|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, Uncategorized|

Commentary by Jamie Lin Weirong Humanitarian organisations such as TWC2 have long been advocating for the proper treatment of foreign workers in Singapore. The appeals against the abuse of foreign labour often revolve around notions of ‘justice’, ‘fairness’ and ‘dignity’, principles with an obvious enough value. Though these workers might not look like us or speak like

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4 06, 2012

Proposals for the amendment of Regulations issued under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act

2019-08-30T16:36:02+08:00June 4th, 2012|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, News, Our Stand|

The EFMA governs the employment of foreign staff in Singapore. The great majority of non-Singaporean employees are low-salaried migrant workers.Out of over one million non-Singaporeans employed in the country in 2011, 870,000 are low paid workers considered to be semi-skilled who are present on work permits. Perhaps another 100,000 are S-Pass holders. Currently, work permits

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4 06, 2012

Proposals for the amendment of the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act (EFMA)

2019-08-30T16:36:02+08:00June 4th, 2012|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, News, Our Stand|

The EFMA governs the employment of foreign personnel in Singapore. The great majority of non-Singaporean employees are low-salaried migrant workers. TWC2 brought together a legal team to work on proposals for the amendment of EFMA and the regulations issued under it – specifically, the different types of work pass. TWC2 is grateful to those who

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26 03, 2012

Overview of income and expenditure in 2011

2019-08-30T16:36:04+08:00March 26th, 2012|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

In a brief presentation made at the Annual General Meeting held on March 25, 2011, Transient Workers Count Too treasurer Alex Au gave a cautious assessment of TWC2's financial health. Recalling how at the start of 2011, the previous (interim) treasurer Russell Heng predicted a cash crunch in 2011, Alex spoke about how TWC2 tightened

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29 01, 2012

“MOM and the Police will ensure that the worker is not confined against his will,” says Manpower minister Tharman

2019-08-30T16:36:22+08:00January 29th, 2012|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

Below is the transcript from the Hansard of a parliamentary question asked by Mr Pritam Singh (Workers' Party - Aljunied) on November 21, 2011. One employee of a repatriation company was jailed for voluntarily causing hurt in 2010, but from the absence of mention, it appears that no one has so far been prosecuted for

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