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Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has suspended Nihal Group's work pass privileges as there were 48 complaints lodged against the company by foreign workers, whose salaries between January and April were retained.
According to the ministry, only nine of these employees have been paid following "successful mediation" under the Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management launched last year to date. Seven of them have found new employment and one employee has decided to return home after being paid.
Mr Ethan Guo, general manager of non-government organisation Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2), which has been helping with the bulk of the workers' claims, said that while mediation is assessed to be successful, it is likely that most of the workers will have to settle for smaller sums than what they are owed.
For example, Mr Faruk Oman, one of the foreign workers, has so far only managed to claw back about S$2,000, less than a-tenth of the S$23,000 (including overtime hours) is owed him, according to the terms of his contract.
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The records listed Kulvinder Singh Bajaj and Birbal Singh Bajaj as directors of Nihal Group, while Angad Singh Harbans Singh is the director of Nihal Construction and Nihal Enterprise.
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According to the ministry, only nine of these employees have been paid following "successful mediation" under the Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management launched last year to date. Seven of them have found new employment and one employee has decided to return home after being paid.
Mr Ethan Guo, general manager of non-government organisation Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2), which has been helping with the bulk of the workers' claims, said that while mediation is assessed to be successful, it is likely that most of the workers will have to settle for smaller sums than what they are owed.
For example, Mr Faruk Oman, one of the foreign workers, has so far only managed to claw back about S$2,000, less than a-tenth of the S$23,000 (including overtime hours) is owed him, according to the terms of his contract.
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The records listed Kulvinder Singh Bajaj and Birbal Singh Bajaj as directors of Nihal Group, while Angad Singh Harbans Singh is the director of Nihal Construction and Nihal Enterprise.
More at https://tinyurI.com/yccxgv79