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.
The Work Injury Compensation Act is meant to provide a simplified route for work injury claims. What's the reality like, post 2019 when MOM delegated the processing of claims to insurance companies?
A worker comes by our free meals station. Another career wrecked by the unexpected? No, the opposite. He brings good news and joy.
The work injury law seeks to provide help and comfort to employees injured at work. Delays in extending its protections (medical care, financial support) can lead to great suffering. Yet delay is increasingly condoned.
Employers are required to buy insurance to cover medical costs. And then they are given the freedom to obstruct or delay. What happened to Alom as a result?
A worker is injured. Unlike many other workers who come to TWC2 for help, BIllal's case seemed to be going smoothly. His employer was doing its part.
A case before the courts may at last shine a light on the shady practices of freelance paralegals out to make money from workers' misfortunes.
