We encountered yet another worker with a shockingly low salary and very high recruitment costs. He is a shipyard worker - the very industry under pressure from its international customers to clean up its act.
The EU is now only one step away from requiring large companies to exercise due diligence over their supply chains, including labour abuses. Singapore companies will be affected since we trade so widely.
The European Union is moving towards legislation requiring companies to report on labour abuses in their supply chain, including subcoontractors.
A short explainer about how corrupted the recruitment system has become for migrant workers and the two key measures needed to reform the eco-system.
Hebal worked 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. Was this legal? Then he lost four teeth.
An inside look at work conditions, recruitment cost and deteriorating labour relations in a corner of the hospitality industry.
