When the law says an employer is responsible for providing food, yet the food is not culturally appropriate, can MOM require the employer to provide a meal allowance instead?
It's not often we see a client from Northwestern India. We seize the opportunity to profile his experience in Singapore. Unfortunately, his story is similar to that of many other workers.
A worker comes by our free meals station. Another career wrecked by the unexpected? No, the opposite. He brings good news and joy.
Lately, TWC2 has been receiving more and more complaints from workers that they were issued IPAs for jobs they had not agreed to. We help them get the IPAs cancelled.
After six months of unsuccessful mediation, a worker's salary claim is referred to the Employment Claims Tribunal. He is shocked when the claims calculations prepared by MOM's TADM unit is rejected as wrong.
Dul comes to TWC2 with a multi-layered problem. He tells us how he was recruited and what happened soon after he started working for the employer. But is there a solution?
Employers are required to buy insurance to cover medical costs. And then they are given the freedom to obstruct or delay. What happened to Alom as a result?
A shipyard worker tells our translator about his salary history. It's interesting when we compare his salary against Singapore's Progressive Wage Model that strongarms employers to abide by salary floors. But there's a twist.
MOM preaches about employees' right to payslips, but when Kajal asked for help to enforce his right, nothing happens. It's a widespread problem.
Shipyard worker Liton comes to TWC2 for the first time. It takes only minutes before we hear the usual issues, including that he had to pay for his job.
