There are several things that the above shows up about the state of public administration; I shall list them in order. It’s a mixed picture of civil servants, although rather miffed at first that they were the subject of unflattering publicity, making an effort to fix the problem. But you will also see that the fix is piecemeal, and to Shahin’s main request, he gets no solution.
1. Why does a salary claim take more than a year to investigate and resolve? Is any effort being made at all? The Sunday Times said the company had “closed down”, and that
although several workers have made the same complaint against the company, their charges are hard to prove as their alleged transactions were made in cash.If you look at TWC2′s website, you will see repeated suggestions to legally require employers to issue itemised pay slips, showing all allowances and deductions, and to pay salaries through the bank so that there is an audit trail.
– ibid.
Radha Basu said the same thing in a follow-up article in the Sunday Times, 19 August 2012. So far no action has been seen on this front by MOM, but maybe in the wake of changes to the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act, there will be soon — not that imposing these requirements on employers needed any law to be changed; existing law already allowed MOM to do that. Full story
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