I'm a freelance enforcement officer with ELK Security Pte Ltd. I
had worked for them over the weekends and they had yet to pay me on
time and it's way past 7 days from the salary period. Some of
my colleagues are not as 'lucky' as I am as they are owed over 3
weeks of wages and I'm only owed 2 weeks wages!
The manager of this company kept sending the same message saying
that pay will be in by the following day with no result and this
has been ongoing for a week everyday! Every time, I send the
manager a reminder message, he simply igonored them!
To make matters worse, this company had deducted $10 each day as
employee CPF contribution but my colleagues and I received a 'rude
shock' when nothing had been contributed to our CPF account when we
last make a check with the CPF board. I had worked over more than 6
months over the weekends and just imagine how much money had I been
robbed off by this damn company!
I tried calling the Ministry of Manpower but unfortunately, I
was told that they do not cover cases regarding freelance
employment and the only solution is to seek legal action.
After analyzing the legal costs, I feel that the expenses
incurred is much more than what I will be owed! I also have thought
of acting like a 'loan shark' to force my company to pay us our
wages! Otherwise, I am at no wits' end! I need those money to pay
for my bills and groceries and really desperate now! What can I do?
Thanks for your suggestions!
