Type of issue: WICA & medical insurance
Another tooth fairy going around in circles
MOM says our earlier article was "misleading". We reject that characterisation. We think MOM's response was what's misleading.
MOM says our earlier article was "misleading". We reject that characterisation. We think MOM's response was what's misleading.
On the same day, not one, but two workers came to TWC2 with accounts of their bosses attacking them physically, and more. Some employers of migrant workers are quick to venting anger and using force.
After a small injury, a worker was left unemployed for 20 months; employer uncooperative, insurer tardy and the regulator engaging in taichi.
A doctor wrote a memo to an employer saying that a worker's injury had stabilised and that he was ready for compensation; the memo disappeared into a black hole.
Eleven months after hurting his back carrying cement, Hulyah describes how his Wica injury claim is coming along
A tooth was chipped and cracked. The saga begins. Ten months on, the worker still hasn't received proper treatment.
We poll three workers about their experiences at Singapore hospitals. They speak well of the professionalism and efficiency they see.
In Singapore, the State provides little help for migrant workers' healthcare costs. Employers and private insurance are held responsible, but the responsibility is often evaded. Then what? Nothing?
Robiul's foot is in a cast. He's not able to work. He's afraid of losing his job and doesn't know what to do next, but he resists our advice. We try to figure out why.
One of our volunteers walked past a law office. She was shocked to see piles of paper, almost surely containing personal details of injured migrant workers, lying on the sidewalk. Anyone could have taken them.