Who are covered by the WICA?

You need to gather information on salaries, skill training, leaves of absence, holidays, hours, contracts, and much more. The Ministry of Manpower has a comprehensive list of employment resources to help you get an understanding of what working in Singapore will actually be like.These are useful information that you need to keep in mind when working in Singapre for you to be aware of your benefits and limitations

The employer of those employees should receive a back payment because that will be like a credit or debt. The employer disregarded the feelings and opinions of the employees by just forcing them to leave and specifically, an unpaid leave. The employer technically owe money to those people. If ever the employees file a case, that company might get shutdown permanently.

For common work arrangements, your contractual hours of work are as follows: If you work 5 days or less a week your contractu al hours of work are Up to 9 hours per day or 44 hours a week and if you work more than 5 days a week your contractual hours of work are up to 8 hours a day or 44 hours a week. For other work arrangements, your contractual hours of work are as follows: If youwork less than 44 hours every alternate week your contractual hours of work are up to 48 hours a week, but capped at 88 hours in any continuous 2-week period. If you work shifts of up to 12 hours a day your contractual hours of work are uto an average of 44 hours over a continuous 3-week period..Overtime work is all work in excess of the normal hours of work (excluding breaks).You can claim overtime if you are:a non-workman earning up to $2,600.or a workman earning up to $4,500.

There are a lot of fake agencies out there. It is not only being committed here in Singapore but also in other countries. When you are fraud by a fake agency, report them to the authorities as soon as possible. They might have not gotten away immediately so they can track their position. Always check the feedbacks about the agencies that you are applying for before giving them payments and your documents.

As am employer, you can prevent misunderstanding from happening by adopting fair and responsible employment practices and treating your employees with respect. You can address your employees situation by providing proper grievance-handling procedures and informing employees that there are channels within the company that would help them resolve their issues.

Every company must give its employees annual leaves. In this case where the employee is needed to be hospitalized. There are terms for them to qualify to be paid and avail of the sick leave. If they are serving the company for three months, they can qualify for up to 15 days of paid hospitalization leave while five days for paid outpatient sick leave. In this situation, 6 and thereafter, it can be up to 60days paid hospitalization leave.