Locals accounted for nearly half of the 9,397 claims and appeals, with the rest lodged by foreigners.
SINGAPORE – After working for over a year in her first full-time job, Chloe fell sick and saw a doctor at a clinic near her home in Kovan in September 2023. But she was not paid for the two days of medical leave she took.
More local and foreign employees filed these claims in 2023 amid economic headwinds, said MOM and TADM in a joint annual employment standards report released on Aug 2. Though the number of claims went up in 2023, it was lower than the rate in 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic.The increase in cases was driven by a higher number of salary claims involving foreign employees in the construction sector, especially those who had worked in firms facing business failures, financial difficulties or undergoing liquidation, said MOM and TADM.
With more cases filed, the total sum recovered went up from $12 million in 2022 to $14 million in 2023. Nine in 10 salary claims concluded at TADM took two months or less, with the rest taking up to six months. This was similar to 2022. As for wrongful dismissal claims, there was 0.32 case per 1,000 employees in 2023, slightly higher than the 0.26 in 2022.
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