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It took 400 unpaid workers before the alarm was sounded in Singapore

Over 100 migrant workers from KPA Engineering and SK Industries were seen entering the Ministry of Manpower in Bendemeer Road in small groups on June 22, to report unpaid wages.

Over 80 companies with 400 vacancies step forward to help unpaid workers: Ng Chee Meng

Migrant workers from KPA Engineering entering the MOM Services Centre in Bendemeer on June 22.

Unpaid workers: KPA Engineering showed signs of financial woes since 2023, still owes DBS money

Migrant workers affected by the alleged unpaid wages involving KPA Engineering and SK Industries at Tuas View Dormitory on June 24.

South Korea’s Hyundai car workers vote to back strike action

Employees at the country’s largest carmaker are demanding a bumper performance bonus, an extension of the retirement age and a pay hike as the rise of artificial intelligence fuels concerns over job security.

Workers from third firm claim unpaid wages; all three firms share a director who has left S’pore

NTUC Secretary-General Ng Chee Meng (centre, in red) and Minister of State for the Ministry of Manpower Dinesh Vasu Dash (left, in blue) speaking to the migrant workers affected by the alleged unpaid wages involving KPA Engineering and SK Industries at Tuas View Dormitory on June 24.

Wife has to borrow money to pay kids’ school fees, says migrant worker in unpaid wages case

Workers from KPA Engineering in a lorry near the MOM Services Centre in Bendemeer on June 23.

Number of workers with claims of unpaid wages linked to air-con firm climbs to 400

Workers from air-con services company KPA Engineering in a lorry near the MOM Services Centre in Bendemeer on June 23.

Over 100 migrant workers turn up at MOM office claiming unpaid wages; ministry probing 2 firms

The migrant workers had turned up the at the MOM Services Centre at 9am. The centre in Bendemeer provides services including registrations for work permits.

European robotics start-ups go up against Chinese heavyweights

Enchanted Tool company's robot Mirokai is displayed at the VivaTech technology start-ups and innovation fair at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, in Paris on June 17.

Enhancing human skills versus merely cutting costs: AI is splitting the job market

Jobs where AI makes the task easier for non-experts to perform, such as medical secretaries, are seeing much slower growth.

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