SINGAPORE: Alagar Balasubramanian (“Bala”), a 47-year-old Singaporean Permanent Resident and operating manager of entertainment establishment Jaiho Club was convicted on 21 February 2022 for labour trafficking offences. Today (19 April 2022), he was sentenced to 41 months imprisonment and fined $27,365 (in default 20 weeks’ imprisonment) relating to three charges under the Prevention of Human…
SINGAPORE: To better protect employers from having to bear large unexpected medical bills incurred by their migrant workers, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) will enhance the coverage of the mandatory medical insurance (MI) for Work Permit (including Migrant Domestic Workers) and S Pass holders. The new requirements will come into effect by the end of…
SINGAPORE: Hafizuddin bin Jaafar (“Hafizuddin”), a 34-year-old Singaporean man, was sentenced to six weeks’ imprisonment for making a false declaration in a work permit application for a migrant domestic worker (“MDW”). He was also fined $50,750 (in default 14 weeks’ imprisonment) for collecting monies from the MDW to apply for and subsequently keep the work…
SINGAPORE: A man who used a forged certificate to gain employment as a formwork supervisor was sentenced to six weeks’ jail on Thursday (Feb 24). Formwork is a mould which concrete or similar materials are poured into. Hanif Miah Md Nurul Islam pleaded guilty to offences under the Workplace Safety and Health Act. He had…
Knowing where work pass holders are staying is crucial in cases such as emergency contact tracing. But in the last two years, 175 firms have been fined over $1.1 million all for failing to promptly update the residential addresses of 960 of them. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said on Wednesday (Jan 26) that these…