MOM to set up new corporate entity to run 2 foreign worker dorms
SINGAPORE - A company limited by guarantee will be set up by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) by end-2022 to manage two purpose-built dormitories for foreign workers to be built and owned by the ministry. The company will operate the dorms with selected partners as test beds for innovations in foreign worker accommodations, as well as help the ministry better understand how migrant workers live and work and how operators manage these dormitories. To enable these efforts, the ministry will set up a new corporate entity called Nest Singapore, slated for the fourth quarter of 2022. Nest is an acronym for Nurture, Engage, Support and Transform. Click Link to read more...
1,600 foreign worker dormitories in Singapore to be licensed under single framework
Foreign worker dormitories in Singapore with at least seven beds must comply with the Foreign Employee Dormitories Act (FEDA) from April next year. FEDA currently applies only to dorms that house a thousand or more workers. It is part of efforts to raise operating standards and impose requirements to manage disease outbreaks. More than 180,000 workers stand to benefit from the move.
Weathering the Storm – Reassuring Our Migrant Workers – Part 1 of 2
Back in April 2020, Singapore saw one of its largest #COVID19 cluster infections, stemming from the migrant worker community. Centered on the need to assuage and reassure, teams from the Forward Assurance and Support Team, comprising personnel from the @MOHSingapore, the Singapore Armed Forces and the @SingaporePoliceForce, were deployed to help workers staying at migrant worker dormitories affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Find out how personnel from various agencies tackled the infections among migrant workers in #WeatheringtheStorm – Reassuring Our Migrant Workers – Part 1 of 2!
Weathering the Storm – Reassuring Our Migrant Workers – Part 2 of 2
Due to the #COVID19 cluster infections at the dormitories, infected migrant workers had to be isolated at Community Isolation Facilities for a few months. To keep spirits high among the migrant workers, it was important to ensure that their essential needs were taken care of, such as daily meals, clothing and remittance services. Find out how personnel from MINDEF and the Singapore Armed Forces assisted the @MOHSingapore in the caring of migrant workers in #WeatheringtheStorm – Reassuring Our Migrant Workers – Part 2 of 2!