pay, companies communicating or promising to settle dues with workers in the
upcoming weeks. Workers were also reluctant to follow up the case as they did not
want filing/reporting of such cases to affect their future employment prospects at the
country of destination - where they may be seen as a “problematic” or “troublesome”
worker with pending cases. Some also faced trauma fatigue, wanting to cut their losses
and move on in their lives.
Translation of Cases: Organizations work on translating case information (from their
local languages) to English before they can submit to the website, which is also a timeconsuming process involving migrant workers documents and narrative experiences.
Limitations of analysis:
Certain group cases were filed as single cases or filed partially due to lack of details or
documentation on other group members.
Certain case files also lacked narrative details which may affect the analysis. Improving
member engagement and capacity building among members in data entry will assist
in bolstering the common trends seen among cases.
Nonetheless, at 95% confidence level, the margin of error for the sample is 3.6% ; at
99% confidence level, the margin of error is at 4.4%.
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