26/05/2021
Cases of false declaration of Singapore migrant workers' salaries rising, says NGO, Singapore News & Top Stories - The Straits Ti…
For seven months, he continued to be underpaid.
Then came another twist.
After he made a salary claim and was referred to the Tripartite Alliance for Dispute
Management (TADM), his employer showed up with an entirely different IPA.
Instead of a basic and fixed monthly salary of $1,600, what the employer said was
declared to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) was a basic pay of $286 and a fixed
monthly pay of $800 after accounting for allowances and deductions.
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Ahmed's story is a familiar one to advocacy groups such as the Humanitarian
Organisation for Migration Economics (Home).
It told The Straits Times that such cases have been going on for years, and have
been increasing as more employers and agents become aware of loopholes.
Last year, Home handled 274 cases involving issues with the salary declared on
IPAs.
This is a 24.5 per cent increase from the 220 cases it had in 2019.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/cases-of-false-declaration-of-migrant-workers-salaries-rising-says-ngo-0
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