‘No worker should face this alone’: Some 240 foreigners owed up to 2 months’ pay; NTUC, MOM helping
Nearly 240 migrant workers in Singapore's process sector have gone without salaries for up to two months, with some reportedly paying as much as $12,000 in fees to secure jobs.In a post shared on NTUC Deputy Secretary-General Desmond Choo's Instagram page on Friday (Oct 23), it was revealed that the workers are mainly from Bangladesh, with some having arrived in...
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