Discussion: survey, data and statistics
Migrant workers with valid employment claims have the right to switch employers. MOM issues letters to facilitate this. How many workers got such letters, and succeeded?
We conducted an online survey of non-domestic workers from Myanmar in July and August 2025 to understand their recruitment experiences.
A large number of employers in MOM's 2024 survey reported using recruitment channels strongly associated with excessive fees and kickbacks. Time to stop denying how dirty our recruitment landscape is.
Difficult to get workers with the needed skills, employers say. Look more closely, and we also see a huge reluctance to sponsor workers for training, or even to give them time off to do so.
We archive what little public data there is from the Ministry of Manpower regarding the numbers of migrant labour in Singapore for the six years up to 2024
TADM's annual report has useful numbers (but not enough of them), but it's frustrating to see them use language that obscures reality
A research report on the chronic livelihood distress faced by workers caught up in investigations by the Police and other agencies and the shortcomings of current systems.
From a survey of mostly Indian Tamil migrant workers conducted in October 2024, 5.6 percent was still paid salaries in cash. 12.2 percent were paid later than permitted by law.
One in six Work Permit holders in the construction and related industries still do not get payslips regularly with each payday, our survey found. But aren't payslips required by law?
Wage theft is frequently seen in the way employers flout the law regarding overtime pay. We conducted a survey with a large sample size (992 respondents). Results were sobering.
