Sunday, 04 Jul 2021 10:23 AM MYT
Some workers engaged as vaccinators and nurses at vaccination centres have made police reports after they have not been paid their salaries. Reuters file pic
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SINGAPORE, July 4 Two companies that hired people to work as Covid-19 vaccinators and nurses are being investigated by the authorities after a group of these workers complained that they have not been paid over a month’s worth of salaries.
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and the Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management (TADM) said that to date, they have received nine complaints from members of the public who were engaged as vaccinators and nurses at one of the vaccination centres, claiming that they have not been paid.
July 03, 2021
The affected workers received a message in a group chat on June 7 telling them not to turn up for work the next day.
Lianhe Zaobao
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) is probing companies accused of not paying some workers at Bukit Timah Community Club vaccination centre.
In response to queries from The Straits Times, a spokesman for the ministry and the Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management confirmed on Friday (July 2) that MOM had received nine complaints from people who had been engaged as vaccinators and nurses at one of the vaccination centres, claiming that they have not been paid.