Singapore: Helping the migrant workers who pay to get jobs – BBC News

Would you pay money or even go into debt to get a job?

For many migrant workers in Singapore, it’s common practice to pay a fee or incur a debt for the chance to secure work in the city-state.

There are more than 350,000 foreigners working in Singapore in the construction and marine sectors.

Most are from Bangladesh and India, and many toil under a burden of huge debt which they incur from agents who help to arrange the job.

But the founders of a new digital jobs platform in Singapore hope to shift that burden onto employers.

By law, employment agents in Singapore can’t collect more than two months of salary from an employee.

But …

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