新加坡本地兩間建築公司因向人力部網站提供員工虛假住宿信息，以及為外來勞工提供惡劣、不安全的住宿環境。新加坡初級法院（State Courts)根據外國勞工僱傭法（EFMA)，宣判該公司被指控違反共18項罪名，罰款18萬新幣。人力部將禁止該公司僱傭外國員工的權力，現有外國員工的准證也將不被更新
案件細節
根據人力部公告，該兩間公司是同一個董事，他利用自己在10 Admiralty Street的廠房非法改裝後，為24外國員工提供住宿。由於該廠房不符合規定。他們不能夠用該地址在人力部的外國員工住址在線登記系統（OFWAS)替這24名員工登記，所以2007年7月至2014年6月，他們用其他虛假地址為這24名外國員工做了申報。
根據人力部的調查，該公司的「宿舍」除自己的24外國勞工名外，還有其他17名勞工也住在該廠房。該住宿沒有明確的逃生路線，位於正在施工的建築功的旁邊。衛生和沐浴設施極度缺乏，41個外國員工只有2個廁所，還要在露天洗澡。該住宿條件十分惡劣，並存在很大的安全隱患。公司並未向新加坡民防局（SCDF)申請註冊
Providing False Information in OFWAS
Investigations revealed that from July 2007 to June 2014, the companies provided false information to the Controller of Work Passes, through the Online Foreign Worker Address Service (OFWAS)1 system. The two companies, which had a common director, used their factory premises at 10 Admiralty Street to house their foreign workers. Being a factory premises, OFWAS does not accept the address as a workers』 dormitory. To overcome this, the companies fraudulently gave false information and registered the 24 FWs to be residing in other residential addresses. The workers have never resided in these other premises.
Poor and Unsafe Living Conditions
Investigations also revealed that in addition to the 24 FWs who resided in the illegally converted factory dormitory, the companies also separately housed 17 other workers in the premises from November 2012 to July 2014. The companies did not obtain the requisite approval from Singapore Civil Defence Force (「SCDF」) to change the industrial use of the inspected premises to a workers dormitory. SCDF found that the existing fire safety measures for the inspected premises as an industrial premise were inadequate for a dormitory. The illegal accommodation did not have a proper escape route. The mezzanine level of factory unit where the workers slept was unsafe as the plywood flooring was unstable. The entire premise was dusty due to on-going construction work. In addition to the poor living condition of the premises, the factory severely lacked sanitary and showering facilities. There were only two toilets to be shared between 41 workers, and workers took their showers in the open. Some of these workers have resided in the premises for more than a year. (see photos in Annex)
相關名詞：
1.Online Foreign Worker Address Service (「OFWAS」)
外國勞工住址在線登記系統
2.Singapore Civil Defence Force (「SCDF」)
新加坡民防局
3.Employment of Foreign Manpower Act (EFMA)
外國勞工僱傭法令
相關法令：
1， 僱主需要在外國員工開始工作的5天內通過人力部的外國勞工住址登記系統為其登記住址，如員工的住址有變化，僱主也需要及時並準確的與人力部更新。違反該項規定將被處以最高2萬新幣的罰款或不超過2年的監禁，或兩者兼施。
2，僱主需要根據勞工法的相關規定合理安排外國員工的住宿，違反該項規定將會被處以最高1萬新幣的罰款或者不超過12個月的監禁，或兩者兼施