MOM’s domestic worker rest day guide – permissive mush
MOM's published a Guide for employers regarding the mandatory rest day for domestic workers that cannot be bought back. The new rule takes effect on 1 Jan 2023.
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10, 2022
7
01, 2021
“You want hard job? I have one for you.”
Quite a number of migrant construction workers describe themselves as 'supply workers'. Akash explains what that means and what a hard life it is.
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04, 2017
68% of construction workers work illegally long hours
Over two-thirds (68%) of foreign construction workers work so much overtime that their total monthly overtime hours would breach the legal maximum of 72 overtime hours a month. Of these, one in three (23%) worked twelve and a half hours or more in a single day -- which also violates the legal daily maximum of 12
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11, 2016
Pay is many times better than in Bangladesh, but living conditions worse
By Poh De Sheng Farid is a Bangladeshi national who has had the uncommon experience of having worked at shipyards in both Bangladesh and Singapore. He was able to offer a comparison of the conditions workers face in Singapore vis-à-vis Bangladesh. Back in Bangladesh, Farid shared a house with six co-workers in the city of