Human cargo and Singapore exceptionalism
It is sickening news to hear of another worker killed while riding on the back of a lorry – an unsafe practice the Singapore government refuses to ban.
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02, 2025
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02, 2025
Work permit holder has never met his boss, directed by agent to work here and there
Despite having worked 15 months, a foreign worker has not met his boss; it's his agent who gives him work and pays his salary. The arrangement smells fishy.
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01, 2025
Violence aboard lorries – from equipment
A worker on a lorry that met with an accident died in December. It's common to carry both men and equipment together on the back of lorries. We speak to three workers about the danger this poses.
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12, 2024
Overworked and overlooked: the scourge of excess overtime
Many workers who come to TWC2 with salary issues have time sheets or payslips that show them being asked to worked inhumanly long hours. Surely, employers know the law?
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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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11, 2024
Parliamentary replies on innocent victims, wrongful dismissal, and numbers of salary claims
The Manpower Minister sheds a bit of light on these issues through answers to parliamentary questions in September 2024
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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
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09, 2024
The 20-day obstacle course
The no-consent transfer scheme – do workers know about it? Do they make use of it? Are they successful in transferring to new jobs if their Work Permits are not renewed?
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08, 2024
TWC2 notches twenty years of service in August 2024
To mark TWC2's twentieth anniversary, we put up a series of seven videos discussing issues still bedevilling the migrant worker space.
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07, 2024
Jahirul assaulted and thrown to the wolves, part 1
Six weeks into his job as a landscaping worker, Jahirul was assaulted by his boss and terminated from the job. Do bosses not care about morale and productivity? What skewed incentives promote such behaviour?