A case study of how bad MOM policy makes life a living hell for a victim of salary non-payment. He is broke, homeless, with no money for food. There is no social safety net. Deliberately so?
Lots of migrant workers can be found in our F&B sector, but the exploitative working conditions are terrible, despite nice laws.
It first began with the employer cutting out the agent (to the worker's advantage), but it actually was a sign that the employer couldn't be trusted to honour the contract.
Excessive overtime, well above the legal maximum, and still not paid - a worker's tale from one of Singapore's many food courts.
A migrant employee at a midprice restaurant recounts the many things that made the job unbearable: salary violations, long hours, and the cook.
The topline is that 95% of migrant workers are satisfied working in Singapore. What does that really mean? Where are possible problems?
The topline is that 95% of migrant workers are satisfied working in Singapore. What does that really mean? Where are possible problems?
The topline is that 95% of migrant workers are satisfied working in Singapore. What does that really mean? Where are possible problems?
For two years, two Burmese F&B workers were paid only about half of what they should have earned. Why did they tolerate it for so long?
A restaurant worker worked 12 - 13 hours a day, and every day except for 2 rest days a month. He was not paid overtime pay. TADM said he had no case. We help him build one.
