Two recent ECT cases with very similar facts ended up with diametrically opposite rulings, showing how messy the law on rest day pay is.
Salaries, including overtime earned, had not been paid for months. Afraid that workers would file claims, boss seizes phones from workers, erasing all data.
From our data, we estimate that at least 31 percent (likely more) of employers failed to report work accidents within the 10-day reporting period.
A worker came to TWC2 nearly four months after an accident, his hand still bandaged. He had been instructed to return to work and he had not been issued any MCs.
From our data, we estimate that at least 31 percent (likely more) of employers failed to report work accidents within the 10-day reporting period.
Channel NewsAsia ran a story about the plight of Burmese workers in Singapore. We ask our Executive Director to flesh out some of the points he had made in CNA's programme.
Following Straits Times' Op-ed of 19 May 2026, the newspaper published several letters. We comment on a few of them.
Contrasting experiences by two injured workers. One, injured nearly 2 years ago was unhappy with the process; the other, newly injured, had a boss who seemed to be doing things right.
Midway through a mediation session over a worker's claim for unpaid overtime, he was informed that the employer had "corrected" the overtime rate downwards.
This story dives into two construction workers' time logs; they tell a tale of exhaustion.
