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by sundaymorningstaple » Sun, 02 Dec 2012 10:09 pm
sensei_, you are over you head on this one.
They don't get allowances for their food. The get crowded, 10 to a room, bedbug infested accommodation that they claim costs 250/mo which is BS. Additionally most are made to work split shifts so that their "8 hours of rest" are interrupted by those working a single shift thereby not getting sufficient rest. The bus taking them to work? WOW, $15/month. Additionally, being screwed on increments to the tune of $25 while the Malaysians get $75? And everybody knows, contract workers are normally paid a slight premium as they are on contracts and not full time employees.
Oh, let's not forget the fact that they didn't know what they were getting into before landing here. The recruiters in China (the local ones) who interact with the SMRT recruiters already made their touch with those wanting contracts, probably to the tune of $6000~8,000 SGD equivalent as is normal with all contracts for PRC's to come to Singapore. The PRC Recruiters normal split their fees with the Singapore Recruiters because (and watch this) it is against the law of MOM to charge an employee either for recruitment or levy fees. While they weren't actually deducting anything from their salaries, the first day, SMRT indicated they paid the PRCs less BECAUSE of the COSTS of the LEVIES and the RECRUITMENT FEES. Both costs of Employment of help but NOT deductible from salaries, so they just paid them a hell of a lot less. Additionally, WP holders are, by law, supposed to be furnished accommodation (and not charged for it). They get their IPAs before they ever leave China and when they get the IPA, then they sign the employment contracts before getting on the planes normally. Once they land in Singapore to only way back without starting work is a proviso if they fail the physical. So, they, the family, their friends, ah long in China have paid the recruiter and once here they are royally Fcuked. In this case they were probably told spacious accommodation with a maximum of 4 to a room and they WERE told 5 day weeks and lots of overtime for working 6 days. However, after they got here, they were told they have had the work weeks changed to 6 days a week and little if any O/T. Screwed again. They were done over right royally. Nah, you way out in left field on this one.
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers