Employment agents, agent fees
Singapore's skills training for migrant construction workers is a sham because the present recruitment system works against it. We propose a new model for recruitment and training.
A report from on online survey of 1,428 Work Permit holders, touching on recruitment cost, and 499 workers about their salary details.
We show evidence that strongly suggests false declaration when making IPA applications, for a worker's two successive jobs
Not only was Ridouan not paid for his excessive overtime and working on rest days, he had to give money back to the boss.
IOM does a stock-take of a decade of efforts to eradicate recruitment fees; says government action is essential for progress. We agree.
A restaurant worker fell ill with appendicitis and had surgery. On discharge from hospital, he was told he had been fired.
With conversations on WhatsApp and bank transfer confirmations, a cook could prove that he was charged more than what the agent declared to MOM
Eradicating the cancer of recruitment fees requires systemic change, not just tougher laws. What should that systemic change look like?
One day before his flight to Singapore, a first-time worker was handed an In-principle Approval showing his salary to be half of what he had agreed with the agent.
A young woman's year in Singapore is spent exploring the toothlessness of Singapore regulators.
