Woolly “fully” – TADM’s 2024 report
TADM's annual report has useful numbers (but not enough of them), but it's frustrating to see them use language that obscures reality
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10, 2025
15
03, 2025
Salary disputes often spring from breaches of law, why aren’t employers automatically investigated?
A story about kickbacks, a bad faith S-Pass application and a host of other breaches, all crying out for investigation, but was there any?
15
02, 2025
Burden of proof: who requested work on a rest day?
Singapore's law on overtime makes a distinction between an employer's request and employee's request. Which party bears the burden of proof?
21
11, 2024
Pane Rubati and their baker, part 2
Unable to resolve his grievances within the company, our baker resigns and files a salary claim; the surprises along the way!
21
04, 2024
No popping of champagne after salary claim victory
With TWC2's help. a worker wins most of his salary claim at the Tribunal. It's a bittersweet victory because it's taken nine expensive months to get satisfaction. What systems defects need fixing?
8
03, 2024
MOM responds to our article on payslips, we dissect its reply
MOM takes issue with our article on payslips. They seem too eager to defend themselves that they make rather questionable statements. We dissect them.
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01, 2024
Court tells worker his TADM-prepared claims calculations are wrong. Who can help him calculate correctly?
After six months of unsuccessful mediation, a worker's salary claim is referred to the Employment Claims Tribunal. He is shocked when the claims calculations prepared by MOM's TADM unit is rejected as wrong.
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01, 2024
How the law on payslips slips away into irrelevance
MOM preaches about employees' right to payslips, but when Kajal asked for help to enforce his right, nothing happens. It's a widespread problem.
21
11, 2023
Cook wins salary case despite employer cooking up evidence
TWC2 helped Bangladeshi cook Nazmul win his unpaid salary at the Employment Claims Tribunal. We recount the difficulties in the case and the arguments that ultimately prevailed.
14
06, 2023
How ‘lip service’ sends business to illegal recruiters
We were glad that MOM re-affirmed ministers' statements that workers with valid salary claims will get permission to transfer to new jobs, but how does it work in practice?