Discussion: laws and regulations
“Every month cut $100,” says Sanowar. Why?
Sanowar, who has been in Singapore a long time, tells TWC2 how he had to pay for his job and for subsequent Work Permit renewals. It's illegal but it happens.
Sanowar, who has been in Singapore a long time, tells TWC2 how he had to pay for his job and for subsequent Work Permit renewals. It's illegal but it happens.
Our volunteer recounts a salary case wherein we felt the TADM mediator to be delivering poor customer service and exceeding his powers.
A deep study of the hazards encountered by migrant workers in their attempts to switch jobs. Rules are complex, costs are high and plans easily derailed.
As soon as the lockdown was lifted, Azom's employer reverted from electronic payment of salary to cash. What was the motive?
MOM says employers must bear the full cost of newly-arriving workers' quarantine stay. Without victim protection, our policy-makers are whistling in the wind.
The European Union is moving towards legislation requiring companies to report on labour abuses in their supply chain, including subcoontractors.
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.
An example of an employer trying to benefit from lower levy while slashing the wages of an employee to a ridiculous pittance.
Boss was unhappy that Murad found a new job. How to stop him from moving to another employer?
There's an open secret in Singapore: many employers flout the law on correct calculation of salary with little fear of being taken to task.