Type of issue: WICA & medical insurance
2
05, 2025
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.
21
04, 2025
After filing their salary and injury claims, two workers beaten up
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.
9
03, 2025
The man who might not even be a statistic
After a small injury, a worker was left unemployed for 20 months; employer uncooperative, insurer tardy and the regulator engaging in taichi.
20
02, 2025
Injury claim unattended to for a year, worker left helpless
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.
10
01, 2025
Fifty kilos of cement and how law can turn into farce
Eleven months after hurting his back carrying cement, Hulyah describes how his Wica injury claim is coming along
11
12, 2024
The tooth fairy going around in endless circles
A tooth was chipped and cracked. The saga begins. Ten months on, the worker still hasn't received proper treatment.
30
11, 2024
We ask three men, all three had high regard for our hospitals
We poll three workers about their experiences at Singapore hospitals. They speak well of the professionalism and efficiency they see.
16
11, 2024
Why don’t migrant workers benefit from medical subsidies?
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?
22
08, 2024
Broken foot, yet reluctant to report accident to Manpower Ministry
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.
4
04, 2024
When data reaches its use-by date
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.