A netizen has posted on Social media to share his plight.
He is a contract worker and has claimed that his company has terminated him for poor attendance.
He was hospitalised and quarantined for 18 days which he was not paid, and the government has forbade him to work for and extra 7 days.
He wants to know if he is entitled to any compensation apart from the quarantine allowance as he has no idea when he will get it.
He is a sole breadwinner, with bills unpaid and hands all tied up. It is not that he does not want to work, but is not allowed to.
He has recently borrowed S$50 from a friend to get by.
Read his story below for more details.
Here is his story
“need help or advice
im a contract worker go work get paid never go work no pay
one of my colleuges i was working wirh contracted positive for covid 19 on the 31st of july , company sent me and all the workers for swab test on 2nd of august , i was tested negative , on the 6th i started having fever n flu , didnt go see doctor took panadol , on the 8th i started feeling breathless n lost my sense of taste n smell so i went dorectly to ng teng fong hospital , was tested positive for covid
i believe(assume) i contracted covid from my workplace but i dont know for sure , i was in hospital and discharged on 25th of august im still covid positive but not infectious letter given my ministry of health and im told to not go work untill 31st august , but i can go down n go shop to buy food and essentials , im not on stay home notice or quarantine
today i get a msg from my company i have been terminated for poor attendence , cant blame them , after all im just a contract worker not a company staff so im not entitled for any benefits or mc claim or hospital leave claim ,
so i was hospitalised(islolated/quarantied) for 18 days which i dont get paid , and another 7 days the government has forbidden me from going to work , am i entitled for kind of compensation? yes i know and i already applied for the quarantine allowance but i have no idea when i will get it , a week from now , a month from now , nobody knows , im a sole breadwinner , i know i am not entitles to any form of compensation but is this fair to me? if at least they didnt stop me from working i can do some temp jobs to earn some money to survive , now my hands are tied up , bills unpaid , starting to struggle , forgive me just felt i need to get this off my chest
p.s managed to borrow 50 bucks from a friend to survive for now , on the 1st sept i will start work at new contract job , the government is helping but wats the point of giving me money 1 mth later when i ddont have financial issues , now is when i have the problem , and my company , cant blame them but at least a goodwill amount? “
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