Type of issue: accommodation
4
01, 2025
Worker resists boss’ demand for kickbacks. “Don’t play with me,” warns boss
A boss demands more than half a worker's salary back, for a reason that shifts from time to time, including levy.
27
12, 2024
Survey finds 5.6 percent still paid salaries in cash
From a survey of mostly Indian Tamil migrant workers conducted in October 2024, 5.6 percent was still paid salaries in cash. 12.2 percent were paid later than permitted by law.
5
11, 2024
Parliamentary replies on religious harmony, dorm improvements and older domestic workers
The Manpower Minister sheds a bit of light on these issues through answers to parliamentary questions in September 2024
22
07, 2024
International construction company indicted for forced labour involving migrant workers
An international construction company is facing claims in a French court over allegations of forced labour, etc, related to its projects in Qatar. Watch out: the issues alleged are common in Singapore firms too.
27
04, 2024
If unemployed, yet required by authorities to remain in Singapore, where do they stay?
Accused persons and prosecution witnesses are asked to stay on in Singapore till trial dates. Where do they stay in the meantime? Who pays?
27
03, 2024
Where I stay is a dump, but it’s still better than…
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?
14
03, 2024
Employer bullies worker. Can nothing be done?
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.
7
03, 2024
Blessed imprisonment
Rari Sumon's story indicates that several laws could have been broken. The shocking thing is that among the actors were MOM officers.
18
02, 2024
From Rajasthan to the Ministry of Manpower, part 1
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.
10
10, 2023
Thoughtless zoning and a dorm in the middle of nowhere
Workers waste hours waiting for a shuttle bus out of a dorm built five km from public transport. Why is the dorm even there?