Another tooth fairy going around in circles
MOM says our earlier article was "misleading". We reject that characterisation. We think MOM's response was what's misleading.
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05, 2025
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12, 2024
The tooth fairy going around in endless circles
A tooth was chipped and cracked. The saga begins. Ten months on, the worker still hasn't received proper treatment.
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11, 2024
Why don’t migrant workers benefit from medical subsidies?
In Singapore, the State provides little help for migrant workers' healthcare costs. Employers and private insurance are held responsible, but the responsibility is often evaded. Then what? Nothing?
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01, 2024
MC wages: Despite law, injured workers left to beg for money
The work injury law seeks to provide help and comfort to employees injured at work. Delays in extending its protections (medical care, financial support) can lead to great suffering. Yet delay is increasingly condoned.
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08, 2023
After a worker is hurt, the mirage of a supportive employer
Two workers describe how employer-employee relationships went rapidly downhill once they got injured or asserted their rights. Is this work culture, Singapore-style?
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03, 2022
As borders reopen and workers return, so do the usual abuses
Borders are open and workers are coming back. So are the age-old abuses such as excessive recruitment fees and worker churn.
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08, 2021
Danny and Lin needed medical care but their employers ducked, part 2
The doctor said he had to operate, telling the patient not to worry about the cost since the employer should have insurance cover. "What?" she said. "I didn't know."
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08, 2021
Danny and Lin needed medical care, but their employers ducked, part 1
Danny was faced with a $34,000 hospital bill and was looking for help. Our first questions were: Why isn't the employer paying? What's the law for?
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08, 2021
The medical fund, Sajjad and his operation
A day by day account of how TWC2 helped a worker get treatment without delay after he fell down a flight of stairs.
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07, 2021
Nine medical centres for migrant workers to be set up
MOM plans 9 medical centres across Singapore geared to serving migrant workers, Making provision is good, but if employers stymie demand, healthcare goals may be elusive.