Sumon's experience falling ill with dengue uncovers the ugly and callous side of Singapore's kafala system, trapping workers within employers' whim and spite.
Some workers feel confident that they can handle their salary claims on their own, declining help and advice from us. We respect their decision.
Adnan spent 21 jobless months waiting for his injury claim to conclude. And then had to go home rather than be free to find a new job. Is this good policy?
Kawsar is an intelligent guy prepared to make sacrifices to get ahead. He still ends up stymied by bureaucracy as he tries for a transfer job.
Among the many things in workers' wallets, we occasionally see a two-tone green card with a Bangladeshi logo. Heidi investigates what this card is.
This documentary about human trafficking may be about Kuwait but the specific factors enabling the problem have parallels in Singapore too. Don't be smug.
If paying medical bills made the employer furious, the prospect of having to pay injury compensation called for more drastic measures. Send worker home!
A profile of a worker with so many problems we hardly know where to begin. Monzurul may not be the luckiest guy, but his situation is not uncommon either.
By sheer coincidence, two men show up at TWC2, both have been waiting 19 months for resolution of their work injury claims, with no end in sight.
An example of an employer trying to benefit from lower levy while slashing the wages of an employee to a ridiculous pittance.
