December 7, 2005

Appendix D:Prosecution Cases for Salary Default

Name of FDW

Name of employer

Amount of unpaid salary claimed (period)

Penalty

Date of Court order

FDW eventually paid in full?

Achdaniah

Enilia Donohue

$3,580

(7 Sep 01 9 Aug 03)

$3,000 fine

05/08/2004

Yes ($3,580 paid)

Eli Mujiah Supardi

Jamilah Jafaar

$1863.67

(27 Jul 03 2 Nov 04)

$3,000 fine

24/02/2005

Yes ($1863.67 paid)

Fajar Iswahyni

Ng Chee Chin

$3680

(24 Dec 03 10 Nov 04)

$5,000 fine

Employer failed to pay fine and so served a default sentence of 6 weeks' jail

03/03/2005

No; Employer could not pay and so served default jail sentence of additional 4 weeks

Widarsih

Surayah Bte Samad

$3096

$5000 fine

Employer failed to pay fine and so served a default sentence. Employer also served a 6 weeks' jail sentence for illegal employment

10/03/2005

No; Employer could not pay and so served default jail sentence of additional 4 weeks

Gemma Martinez Neri

Yeo Chai Leng

$2783

$2000 fine

Employer failed to pay fine and so served a default sentence of 10 days' jail

21/07/2005

No; Employer could not pay and so served default jail sentence of additional 2 weeks

Data provided by e-mail correspondence from the Ministry of Manpower, Singapore to Human Rights Watch on November 11, 2005.