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IMPACT – MEDIUM
The Ministry of Manpower has charged the managing director of a Singaporean company with 20 counts of collecting kickbacks from foreign employees, in a case that highlights how serious MOM is about cracking down on employers who mistreat foreign employees.
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BAL Analysis: MOM is aggressively investigating employers who take kickbacks or engage in other mistreatment of foreign workers. MOM has asked anyone with information about employers who operate in violation of the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act to contact the agency by telephone at (65) 6438 5122 or email at mom_fmmd@mom.gov.sg.
This alert has been provided by the BAL Global Practice group in Singapore. For additional information, please contact singapore@bal.com.
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