Tag: work injury compensation insurance
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Changes to Foreign Workers Medical Insurance – Jul 2023
With effect from 1 July 2023, the requirement by Ministry of Manpower (MOM) to maintain adequate medical insurance for foreign workers on work permits have increased from S$15000 to S$60000 per year. Also, employers are subjected to a 25% co-payment for any claims above S$15000, up to the annual limit of at least S$60000. On…
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Contractor Hiring Ban
Waterproofing contractor Le Fong Building Services was barred from hiring foreign workers for a period of 3 months after one of its employee fell through a roof more than 8m high and sustained multiple bodily injuries. The incident happened after the worker stepped on a skylight panel which broke. Upon inspection, Ministry of Manpower (MOM)…
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Workplace Fatalities 2021
In a press release, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) published the figures on workplace safety for 2021. In total, there were 37 fatalities, comparable to that in 2019 before Covid-19 hit. There were also about 610 incidents which resulted in major injuries, a slight drop compared to 629 in 2019. Even so, the incident rate…
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Cargo Ship Fire
Recently, a cargo ship carrying thousands of luxury cars caught fire while being transported from Germany to Rhode Island. While it was a relief that the crew members were safely rescued from the ship, the same cannot be said for the estimated 4000 vehicles aboard the cargo ship (Felicity Ace). The huge fire likely engulfed…
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Fires At Industrial Sites
Within a short span of 1 week, there were 2 large fires that occurred at industrial sites. The first one took place on 21 Jan 2022 at Gul Lane, where the fire was about the size of a football field and utilized 20 emergency vehicles from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and 70 firefighters…