A Bangladeshi welder paid $3,400 to get a shipyard job. No receipts given, he says. Then he had to memorise some lines to say in front of the camera, and to express deep gratitude.
Food courts are iconic to Singapore and where many SIngaporeans get their daily meals. A former stall worker tells us about the people behind the counters and cleaning up after us.
Casework may be the less visible part of TWC2's work, but it's key to our mission. Here's an example of how casework helped a worker.
Workers know they need good health. For many, what they get every day is catered food which "nobody like".
A worker finds his own place to live. There are daily frustrations. What if his employer found a place for him in a dorm? Would he prefer that?
For several days, despite intervention by MOM, a worker had nowhere to sleep after he was turfed out of this dorm. Even when this was resolved, the issue of meals became a bone of contention.
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.
This study explores the dimension of food and mealtimes in the relationship between employers and domestic workers. It unveils the adjustments domestic workers must accept to avoid friction.
What changed for migrant workers between 2019 (pre-Covid) and 2023 - in terms of salary, food costs, remittances, etc? A report from a survey of nearly 500 workers and focus group discussions.
