Free aid for migrant workers at new legal clinic at mosque in Little India

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Free aid for migrant workers at new legal clinic in Angullia Mosque

SINGAPORE - Migrant workers facing salary disputes, work injury woes and legal issues will be able to get free consultations in the first legal clinic to open in a mosque here by the Law Society Pro Bono Services The clinic at Angullia Mosque in Little India is LSPBS' first onsite legal clinic since the pandemic. It is

Senior Minister of State for Defence and Manpower Zaqy Mohamad, the guest of honour, said officers from the Ministry of Manpower's Assurance, Care and Engagement Group will be stationed at the clinic. Said Mr Zaqy:"This landmark case helped deter errant employers from promoting their workers in name to avoid paying overtime entitlements.

Since the clinic's soft launch in March, more than 40 migrant workers have registered for the clinic, said the LSPBS in a statement.

 

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