The affected employees, currently housed in Tuas dormitories, experienced salary disruptions starting in August before their work permits were cancelled. While some staff from Process Maintenance Solutions received back pay in October, workers from Jurong Technical & Construction remain unpaid. To secure their employment in Singapore, many of these laborers had financed recruitment fees of up to $12,000 using loans and family assets. The Ministry of Manpower and the Migrant Workers' Centre are now assisting the workers with claims filed through the Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management.
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Authorities are issuing authorization letters that allow affected employees to find new j…: Authorities are issuing authorization letters that allow affected employees to find new jobs within the process sector.
Employers failing to pay timely wages risk forfeiting a mandatory $5,000 security bond he…: Employers failing to pay timely wages risk forfeiting a mandatory $5,000 security bond held for each non-Malaysian work permit holder.
Both involved firms were formerly held by an individual arrested in July for suspected em…: Both involved firms were formerly held by an individual arrested in July for suspected employment offences tied to a criminal syndicate.
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SINGAPORE – Bangladeshi migrant worker Hossain Midul has sent almost all of his $600 salary – including overtime pay – home every month since he came to Singapore in July 2025.
But for the last two months, the 24-year-old has not sent anything back as he has not been paid, he said.
His employer also cancelled his work permit without explanation in early October, he added. It was due to expire in July 2027.
Typically, about half of what he earns goes towards financing a $9,000 bank loan he had taken out to pay agent fees to come to Singapore, while most of the rest feeds his family of six in the western Pabna district.
“My family has very little, so I left home to support them. But now I have no work and no salary - I’m very scared they will have to suffer,” said Hossain.
He is among nearly 240 migrant workers from two process sector firms who have not received their pay for two to three months. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said in a statement on…
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