1. Migrant Worker Rights in Singapore: Advocacy, Legal Frameworks and Prospects for Change
- Author:
- Debbie Fordyce and Laavanya Kathiravelu
- Publication Date:
- 12-2022
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
- Abstract:
- Debbie Fordyce, President of Transient Workers Council Too, and Laavanya Kathiravelu, Associate professor at Nanyang Technological University, will discuss their advocacy and research on migrant worker issues in Singapore. COVID-19 highlighted some of the structural problems faced by the large population of migrant workers in Singapore. Systemic problems include high recruitment costs, restricted job mobility, employer’s right to terminate the worker at will, and weak wage protection. Our speakers will address these issues and what might be done to protect the rights and needs of migrant workers in Singapore.
- Topic:
- Advocacy, COVID-19, Migrant Workers, and Migrants
- Political Geography:
- Singapore and Southeast Asia