‘No worker should face this alone’: Close to 240 migrant workers owed 2 months’ pay, NTUC, MOM assisting
Workers are receiving help with accommodation, job-matching assistance and salary claims.
Near 240 migrant workers in Singapore's process sector have gone without pay for two months, according to NTUC deputy secretary-general Desmond Choo, who shared the news on Facebook on October 23. In response, NTUC and the Ministry of Manpower are stepping in to provide assistance. They are arranging centralised accommodation, helping workers find new jobs, and handling salary claims, including overtime pay.
A significant number of these workers, from Bangladesh, paid up to $12,000 to come to Singapore for employment in the process sector. Some of these workers have already received daily meals through the Migrant Workers' Assistance Fund. NTUC executive Jeremiah Khoo said that two companies, Process Maintenance Solutions and Jurong Technical & Construction, are among those facing unpaid salary claims.
Michael Lim, the director of NTUC's migrant workers segment, emphasized that the unpaid salaries can be a significant hardship for these workers and their families. MWC is helping the affected workers file for unpaid salaries with the Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management. If employers cannot pay the workers, a token sum will be provided through the assistance fund.
Lim urged anyone with information about migrant workers facing workplace or salary issues to contact the Migrant Workers' Centre's 24-hour helpline at 65362692, available in different languages. Choo and Lim both emphasized that these workers deserve to be paid for their hard work and that they will do their utmost to support them.
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