I'm working in the IT industry and am the only Singaporean in my company. My bosses and colleagues are all foreigners and they hired me coz they needed someone who can speak mandarin and make the company less foreign-looking.
I have not been paid a salary since Jan this year and I just found out that my
CPF also has not been creditted since Dec last year. I am in the process of applying for a BTO with my fiancee and I just got my third HLE appeal rejected as my
CPF contribution is not regular and I am unable to produce payslips.
HDB told me that they might have to cancel my application if I can not give them an answer soon. I will have to see my MP to write letter again.
The owner of my company although is a Singapore PR but he does not live in SG and only comes back a couple times each year to keep his PR status valid.
I called
MOM yesterday to ask them for assistance but they told me that since I am a PMET and earning more than S$2500 I am not covered under their jurisdiction and I have to engage a lawyer myself to file a complaint in court to get back my salary. So I asked them what does
MOM actually do and they said they help foreign workers with the work permits and low wage workers get remediation.
So I spoke to
CPF board and they told me that they will send a letter to my employer to ask if I am still employed by the company. They seem very unbothered and did not offer any other channels to help me. They suggested that I see a lawyer to get advice.
I'm perplexed. I called a govt ministry and a stat board and they both are unwilling to help a pure Singaporean whereas they extend assistance for foreigners to reclaim their wages.
Does it mean that taxpayer money is used to fund organizations to provide assistance to foreigners and Singaporeans have to fend for themselves?
Anyone have any ideas on what to do next?