The ministry is also moving the affected migrant workers from the Tuas View Dormitory, where they are residing, to MOM’s onboarding centre as their lease in the dormitory expires.
“The Ministry of Manpower, together with the NTUC (National Trades Union Congress), MWC (Migrant Workers’ Centre), and the Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management, has been working very hard over the last couple of days just to assure our workers and to make sure that they are able to find alternative employment,” Dinesh added.
Financial aid extended
The NTUC and MWC, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that works on fair employment practices and the well-being of migrant workers in Singapore, will also extend a cash allowance to the affected migrant workers to cover their daily expenses.
Migrant workers who are MWC members will get NTUC vouchers, while non-members may still receive the aid if they sign up early.
NTUC Secretary-General Ng Chee Meng also said they are working with MOM to recover the workers’ owed salaries, while stressing that the employers should be held accountable.