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SECTORS
As noted in the two previous JWT reports, the construction sector continued to account for the
largest proportion of cases of wage theft among migrant workers at 1322 cases in total. The cases
increased from 657 during the reporting period of the previous report.
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This is followed by 328 cases in domestic work (where female migrants were
disproportionately affected), manufacturing sector at 260 cases, hospitality sector at 163
cases, office staff at 147 cases and the fishing sector at 108 cases.
> Other sectors include transportation (75), sanitation (70), retail (65), ‘other’ occupations 16
(30) and tradespersons (14), medical, agricultural, mining, plantation workers, etc.
> We see that there has been significant improvement in engagement with the JFWT platform
by MFA members from Report 1 and 2. Some sectors that have seen notable
improvement in data collection include fishing, domestic work and construction.
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Within the data, certain sectors such as the gig economy, agriculture, mining were typically
INCREASE OF CASES REGISTERED PER SECTOR
350
300
NUMBER OF CASES
250
200
150
100
50
0
Report 1
Report 2
Report 3
67
145
260
Domestic Work
31
115
328
Hospitality
108
138
163
Fishing
20
38
108
Sanitation
29
54
70
Transport
52
64
75
Retail
8
45
65
Manufacturing
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Workers in the gig economy (such as food delivery), beauty workers (hairdressers and salon workers),
salespersons in small-scale grocery stores as well as unskilled labourers who are contractually employed
etc.
Disclaimer: The figures, statistics within the report are based upon the limited documentation of cases
submitted to the JFWT platform or separately to MFA. It does not intend to implicate any country,
government, industry, employer, etc.