3 firms barred from hiring foreign workers till salary disputes settled

SINGAPORE: Three companies, which have outstanding salary disputes with 50 of their Bangladeshi workers, are barred from hiring more foreign workers until the cases are resolved. The Manpower Ministry (MOM) identified them as Sans Marine Engineering Service, Han's Marine and K7 Engineering. At the same time, the ministry said it would take to task companies that knowingly recruit foreign workers when there is no work for them. This could lead to prosecution. MOM will also bar such errant employers from hiring new foreign workers, as well as revoke all existing... [read full story]