Type of issue: job placement, recruitment and costs
Singapore ratified ILO Convention 29 two generations ago. How much progress mas been made? In what ways does forced labour still manifest itself here?
An office worker paid $12,000 and comes to Singapore believing he will be a construction supervisor. Naturally, many things go wrong.
Here is a case where a worker could show us how money flowed from her Myanmar recruiter to the Singapore agency. Actually, no money flowed to the agency, even though thousands of dollars moved.
A case study of lower-skill construction workers hired on S-Passes at inflated salaries, and who then find that no such salaries are forthcoming. Any route to justice?
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.
We show evidence that strongly suggests false declaration when making IPA applications, for a worker's two successive jobs
IOM does a stock-take of a decade of efforts to eradicate recruitment fees; says government action is essential for progress. We agree.
Following Straits Times' Op-ed of 19 May 2026, the newspaper published several letters. We comment on a few of them.
A worker applied for a restaurant kitchen job and was happy to get one. Not only was he not paid properly, his documentation said this was not his job.
A longish commentary on migrant workers appeared in the Straits Times on 19 May 2026. TWC2 responded with a letter to the editor.
