I’m so bored that I’m actually Googling what happens to companies which pay their employees their salaries late. I’m actually thinking of this coz I’m feeling really disgusted at my internship company for not issuing my pay on time. It’s already July and I haven’t even got the pay for the first week of June. It’s even worse for Sc coz she hasn’t even received the May one. Just be cause we’re interns, that doesn’t mean we’re supposed to live on grass! I wonder what employment laws in Singapore say about this.
I remember over our internship period. The payment of our allowance isn’t processed till our attendance for the month is complete. That means only on the last day of the month is our pay sent for processing. Sometimes, even later if our supervisors aren’t free to do it. We only get our paycheck in the mail like 3 weeks later, the following month! Which means it’ll take another freaking 2-3 days for it to clear! The first month was quite a torture as we didn’t have any money for a full month. The following months didn’t feel so bad as we used the previous month’s pay for that month’s expenditure. But seriously, WTH! What kind of stupid policy is this?!!? All my other friends get paid on a specific date of the month. Meaning, if payday is on the 23rd of the month, they will get their January pay on 23 January. For us, it’s like a whole month later. Grrrrrrrrr…
Anyway, ranting done… I came accross some interesting articles with regard to the salary of people in my course of study. Somewhat similar to what Sam and I were talking about the other day. I’ve posted them in the 3 previous posts. Do read and share your thoughts if you may. 
July 8, 2008
this is also a problem when you do freelance jobs in sg. you get paid only when the company feels like it even though you have finished the jobs months earlier.