Migrant workers with owed wages linked up with new job opportunities; some received pay
The workers are temporarily housed at MOM’s onboarding centre in Sengkang West.
Rabbani Md Golam, a 21-year-old Bangladeshi migrant worker, is relieved after receiving his overdue wages from a construction firm in Singapore. With less than $10 in his possession, Rabbani had been anxiously waiting for his two months’ worth of unpaid wages. He is one of over 230 migrant workers who have been connected with potential employers while awaiting their salary claims, filed in October.
Some have even received their wages. Alam Md Sabbir, a 23-year-old worker from the same firm, expressed his relief, stating that he now feels better able to support his family. Both Rabbani and Sabbir attended a job-matching exercise for migrant workers at the Manpower Ministry’s onboarding centre in Sengkang West on November 6.
At the event, construction and process firms interviewed workers to connect them with relevant job opportunities, including roles outside the process sector. Several workers expressed relief at the possibility of seeking jobs in the construction sector, which usually pays better than the process industry. The workers, mostly from Bangladesh, are affected by the unpaid wages at two process sector firms, Process Maintenance Solutions and Jurong Technical & Construction, which are under investigation by the Manpower Ministry (MOM).
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