"Employment claims by Singapore workers higher in 2023 on the back of claims by foreign construction workers", 2 August, 2024

... The overall rise came as economic conditions became more challenging in 2023, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and the Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management (TADM) in their Employment Standards Report 2023...

A total of 9,397 employment claims and appeals were lodged in 2023, with more than half (54 per cent) by foreign employees, who make up a third of the workforce, excluding migrant domestic workers...

...In particular, there was a rise in group claims from foreign employees of construction firms that were in financial distress, said the report, without providing figures...

...Apart from salary claims, other employment claims included wrongful dismissal (12.7 per cent); retirement and re-employment-related dismissal; and cases not covered by employment law, such as payment disputes between self-employed persons and service buyers...

...Some 90 per cent of all salary claims were concluded – either resolved at TADM or referred to ECT – within two months...