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Calculated Shard: 192 (from laksa081)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa192.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://mothership.sg/2025/09/platform-workers-foreigners-misuse-accounts-banned/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://mothership.sg/2025/09/platform-workers-foreigners-misuse-accounts-banned/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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10 recommendations proposed by the\nPlatform Workers Trilateral Group on Sep. 11 to protect platform workers' livelihoods, safety, and well-being.\nThese recommendations will be implemented in phases.\nThe\nTrilateral Group\n, formed in July 2025 to tackle challenges faced by platform workers, is made up of the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), Ministry of Transport (MOT), National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), and Grab Singapore.\nTheir recommendations address two issues that platform workers raised as key areas of concern in the sector:\nillegal activities, and fairness and safety in payment and incentive schemes.\nApart from protecting the platform workers, the group said in a press release that they also ensured that their recommendations retain the advantages of the platform ecosystem.\nForeigners illegally carrying out platform work\nThe government will work with the Platform Work Associations (PWAs) — which include the National Delivery Champions Association, National Taxi Association, National Private Hire Vehicles Association — and platform operators to\nuncover foreigners who illegally perform platform work, Senior Minister of State for Manpower Koh Poh Koon said during a media briefing.\nBased on existing penalties, foreigners who perform platform work illegally can be fined up to S\n$20,000 and jailed for up to two years, or both.\nPenalties are also given to local platform workers if they are discovered to have abetted such activities by\nallowing foreigners to misuse their platform account.\nSome platform operators have already been banning such workers from working for them, Koh said.\nMore penalties for those misusing platform accounts\nNow, to strengthen enforcement and put in place more stringent punishments, platform operators\nare required to notify MOM if they have reasonable suspicion of a platform worker allowing foreigners to misuse their accounts.\nIf MOM's investigations\nreveal that an offence has been committed, all platform\noperators engaged by the Trilateral Group will debar the worker for at least 24 months.\nDuring this debarment period, the worker will not be able to register for an account with any platform operator and thus cannot do work as a platform worker, Koh explained.\nIllegal point-to-point rides\nAdditionally, platform workers have raised concerns about illegal point-to-point (P2P) rides.\nThese are rides\nprovided by foreign-registered vehicles for illegal cross-border trips and trips within Singapore, as well as rides matched via unlicensed channels such as Telegram chatgroups.\nTo strengthen enforcement, the government will push for \"stronger deterrence\" and greater penalties for violations.\nIt will also work to d\nisrupt matching of illegal P2P services by engaging online platforms to take down\napps, channels, advertisements that facilitate them.\nFood delivery platform operators will also strengthen detection and prevention of such illegal activities, by\n c\nonducting regular and randomised identity verification checks of platform workers and outsourced workers.\nThe Trilateral Group also proposed for platform operators to\nshare the list of outsourced workers with the government for checks when requested.\nAllowing tip-offs from public\nThe government will also conduct enforcement checks on illegal platform work activities based on\ntipoffs from PWAs and the public.\nDedicated reporting channels have been set up for platform workers and members of the public to report any foreigners suspected of performing illegal platform work.\nThey can submit reports on illegal ride-hailing services by foreign-registered cars  at LTA’s\nOneMotoring website\n, and illegal platform delivery work by foreigners via MOM’s\n\"Report an Infringement\" webpage\n.\nFairness and safety\nAccording to the Trilateral Group, there is a lack of transparency in the design of platform operators' payment and incentive structures, which may cause platform workers to work long hours and compromise their safety in pursuit of uncertain earnings.\nThe group thus recommended for platform operators and workers to jointly establish industry-wide principles for fairer and safer payment and incentive schemes.\nThe PWAs and platform operators should work together to help platform workers better address anxieties around income uncertainty through regular meetings, the group said.\nFood delivery platform operators that outsource jobs will also provide more clarity and assurance to their workers on outsourcing practices.\nTop images from Aiman Nadzri\/Mothership and Land Transport Authority","attrs_markdown":"![](https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=112356165937356&ev=PageView&noscript=1)\n\n[News](https:\/\/mothership.sg\/category\/news)\n\n# S'pore platform workers who let foreigners misuse accounts can be banned from all platforms for at least 2 years\nPart of the new recommendations to protect platform workers' livelihoods, safety, and well-being.\n\n[![author profile](https:\/\/mothership.sg\/assets\/images\/global\/author-logo.png)](https:\/\/mothership.sg\/2025\/09\/platform-workers-foreigners-misuse-accounts-banned\/#author)\n\n[Xueting Wu](https:\/\/mothership.sg\/2025\/09\/platform-workers-foreigners-misuse-accounts-banned\/#author)\n\n![clock](https:\/\/mothership.sg\/assets\/images\/global\/time.png)\n\n### September 11, 2025, 01:02 PM\n\n![image](https:\/\/static.mothership.sg\/1\/2025\/09\/photo_2025-09-11-12.27.29.jpeg)\n\n[![Telegram](https:\/\/static.mothership.sg\/1\/2023\/07\/telegram-button.png)](https:\/\/bit.ly\/3qgqzHg)\n\n[![Whatsapp](https:\/\/static.mothership.sg\/1\/2023\/08\/wa-button.png)](https:\/\/bit.ly\/3KjTj94)\n\nLocal platform workers found abetting foreigners in misusing platform accounts will be debarred by all platform operators in Singapore for at least 24 months.\n\nThese platform operators are ComfortDelGro Zig, Deliveroo, foodpanda, Gojek, Grab, Lalamove, Ryde, TADA, and AmazonFlex.\n\nThe Ministry of Manpower (MOM) will investigate all reports of misuse of accounts to uncover such offences.\n\nThis new action is part of 10 recommendations proposed by the Platform Workers Trilateral Group on Sep. 11 to protect platform workers' livelihoods, safety, and well-being.\n\nThese recommendations will be implemented in phases.\n\nThe [Trilateral Group](https:\/\/mothership.sg\/2025\/07\/ng-chee-meng-foreign-worker-platform\/), formed in July 2025 to tackle challenges faced by platform workers, is made up of the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), Ministry of Transport (MOT), National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), and Grab Singapore.\n\nTheir recommendations address two issues that platform workers raised as key areas of concern in the sector: illegal activities, and fairness and safety in payment and incentive schemes.\n\nApart from protecting the platform workers, the group said in a press release that they also ensured that their recommendations retain the advantages of the platform ecosystem.\n\n## Foreigners illegally carrying out platform work\nThe government will work with the Platform Work Associations (PWAs) — which include the National Delivery Champions Association, National Taxi Association, National Private Hire Vehicles Association — and platform operators to uncover foreigners who illegally perform platform work, Senior Minister of State for Manpower Koh Poh Koon said during a media briefing.\n\nBased on existing penalties, foreigners who perform platform work illegally can be fined up to S\\$20,000 and jailed for up to two years, or both.\n\nPenalties are also given to local platform workers if they are discovered to have abetted such activities by allowing foreigners to misuse their platform account.\n\nSome platform operators have already been banning such workers from working for them, Koh said.\n\n## More penalties for those misusing platform accounts\nNow, to strengthen enforcement and put in place more stringent punishments, platform operators are required to notify MOM if they have reasonable suspicion of a platform worker allowing foreigners to misuse their accounts.\n\nIf MOM's investigations reveal that an offence has been committed, all platform operators engaged by the Trilateral Group will debar the worker for at least 24 months.\n\nDuring this debarment period, the worker will not be able to register for an account with any platform operator and thus cannot do work as a platform worker, Koh explained.\n\n## Illegal point-to-point rides\nAdditionally, platform workers have raised concerns about illegal point-to-point (P2P) rides.\n\nThese are rides provided by foreign-registered vehicles for illegal cross-border trips and trips within Singapore, as well as rides matched via unlicensed channels such as Telegram chatgroups.\n\nTo strengthen enforcement, the government will push for \"stronger deterrence\" and greater penalties for violations.\n\nIt will also work to disrupt matching of illegal P2P services by engaging online platforms to take down apps, channels, advertisements that facilitate them.\n\nFood delivery platform operators will also strengthen detection and prevention of such illegal activities, by conducting regular and randomised identity verification checks of platform workers and outsourced workers.\n\nThe Trilateral Group also proposed for platform operators to share the list of outsourced workers with the government for checks when requested.\n\n## Allowing tip-offs from public\nThe government will also conduct enforcement checks on illegal platform work activities based on tipoffs from PWAs and the public.\n\nDedicated reporting channels have been set up for platform workers and members of the public to report any foreigners suspected of performing illegal platform work.\n\nThey can submit reports on illegal ride-hailing services by foreign-registered cars at LTA’s [OneMotoring website](https:\/\/www.go.gov.sg\/report-illegal-rides), and illegal platform delivery work by foreigners via MOM’s [\"Report an Infringement\" webpage](https:\/\/go.gov.sg\/report-illegal-platform-delivery-work).\n## Fairness and safety\nAccording to the Trilateral Group, there is a lack of transparency in the design of platform operators' payment and incentive structures, which may cause platform workers to work long hours and compromise their safety in pursuit of uncertain earnings.\n\nThe group thus recommended for platform operators and workers to jointly establish industry-wide principles for fairer and safer payment and incentive schemes.\n\nThe PWAs and platform operators should work together to help platform workers better address anxieties around income uncertainty through regular meetings, the group said.\n\nFood delivery platform operators that outsource jobs will also provide more clarity and assurance to their workers on outsourcing practices.\n\n*Top images from Aiman Nadzri\/Mothership and Land Transport Authority*\n\nEvents\n\nFollow us on 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Boilerpipe Text	Local platform workers found abetting foreigners in misusing platform accounts will be debarred by all platform operators in Singapore for at least 24 months. These platform operators are ComfortDelGro Zig, Deliveroo, foodpanda, Gojek, Grab, Lalamove, Ryde, TADA, and AmazonFlex. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) will investigate all reports of misuse of accounts to uncover such offences. This new action is part of 10 recommendations proposed by the Platform Workers Trilateral Group on Sep. 11 to protect platform workers' livelihoods, safety, and well-being. These recommendations will be implemented in phases. The Trilateral Group , formed in July 2025 to tackle challenges faced by platform workers, is made up of the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), Ministry of Transport (MOT), National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), and Grab Singapore. Their recommendations address two issues that platform workers raised as key areas of concern in the sector: illegal activities, and fairness and safety in payment and incentive schemes. Apart from protecting the platform workers, the group said in a press release that they also ensured that their recommendations retain the advantages of the platform ecosystem. Foreigners illegally carrying out platform work The government will work with the Platform Work Associations (PWAs) — which include the National Delivery Champions Association, National Taxi Association, National Private Hire Vehicles Association — and platform operators to uncover foreigners who illegally perform platform work, Senior Minister of State for Manpower Koh Poh Koon said during a media briefing. Based on existing penalties, foreigners who perform platform work illegally can be fined up to S $20,000 and jailed for up to two years, or both. Penalties are also given to local platform workers if they are discovered to have abetted such activities by allowing foreigners to misuse their platform account. Some platform operators have already been banning such workers from working for them, Koh said. More penalties for those misusing platform accounts Now, to strengthen enforcement and put in place more stringent punishments, platform operators are required to notify MOM if they have reasonable suspicion of a platform worker allowing foreigners to misuse their accounts. If MOM's investigations reveal that an offence has been committed, all platform operators engaged by the Trilateral Group will debar the worker for at least 24 months. During this debarment period, the worker will not be able to register for an account with any platform operator and thus cannot do work as a platform worker, Koh explained. Illegal point-to-point rides Additionally, platform workers have raised concerns about illegal point-to-point (P2P) rides. These are rides provided by foreign-registered vehicles for illegal cross-border trips and trips within Singapore, as well as rides matched via unlicensed channels such as Telegram chatgroups. To strengthen enforcement, the government will push for "stronger deterrence" and greater penalties for violations. It will also work to d isrupt matching of illegal P2P services by engaging online platforms to take down apps, channels, advertisements that facilitate them. Food delivery platform operators will also strengthen detection and prevention of such illegal activities, by c onducting regular and randomised identity verification checks of platform workers and outsourced workers. The Trilateral Group also proposed for platform operators to share the list of outsourced workers with the government for checks when requested. Allowing tip-offs from public The government will also conduct enforcement checks on illegal platform work activities based on tipoffs from PWAs and the public. Dedicated reporting channels have been set up for platform workers and members of the public to report any foreigners suspected of performing illegal platform work. They can submit reports on illegal ride-hailing services by foreign-registered cars at LTA’s OneMotoring website , and illegal platform delivery work by foreigners via MOM’s "Report an Infringement" webpage . Fairness and safety According to the Trilateral Group, there is a lack of transparency in the design of platform operators' payment and incentive structures, which may cause platform workers to work long hours and compromise their safety in pursuit of uncertain earnings. The group thus recommended for platform operators and workers to jointly establish industry-wide principles for fairer and safer payment and incentive schemes. The PWAs and platform operators should work together to help platform workers better address anxieties around income uncertainty through regular meetings, the group said. Food delivery platform operators that outsource jobs will also provide more clarity and assurance to their workers on outsourcing practices. Top images from Aiman Nadzri/Mothership and Land Transport Authority
Markdown	![](https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=112356165937356&ev=PageView&noscript=1) [News](https://mothership.sg/category/news) # S'pore platform workers who let foreigners misuse accounts can be banned from all platforms for at least 2 years Part of the new recommendations to protect platform workers' livelihoods, safety, and well-being. [![author profile](https://mothership.sg/assets/images/global/author-logo.png)](https://mothership.sg/2025/09/platform-workers-foreigners-misuse-accounts-banned/#author) [Xueting Wu](https://mothership.sg/2025/09/platform-workers-foreigners-misuse-accounts-banned/#author) ![clock](https://mothership.sg/assets/images/global/time.png) ### September 11, 2025, 01:02 PM ![image](https://static.mothership.sg/1/2025/09/photo_2025-09-11-12.27.29.jpeg) [![Telegram](https://static.mothership.sg/1/2023/07/telegram-button.png)](https://bit.ly/3qgqzHg) [![Whatsapp](https://static.mothership.sg/1/2023/08/wa-button.png)](https://bit.ly/3KjTj94) Local platform workers found abetting foreigners in misusing platform accounts will be debarred by all platform operators in Singapore for at least 24 months. These platform operators are ComfortDelGro Zig, Deliveroo, foodpanda, Gojek, Grab, Lalamove, Ryde, TADA, and AmazonFlex. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) will investigate all reports of misuse of accounts to uncover such offences. This new action is part of 10 recommendations proposed by the Platform Workers Trilateral Group on Sep. 11 to protect platform workers' livelihoods, safety, and well-being. These recommendations will be implemented in phases. The [Trilateral Group](https://mothership.sg/2025/07/ng-chee-meng-foreign-worker-platform/), formed in July 2025 to tackle challenges faced by platform workers, is made up of the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), Ministry of Transport (MOT), National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), and Grab Singapore. Their recommendations address two issues that platform workers raised as key areas of concern in the sector: illegal activities, and fairness and safety in payment and incentive schemes. Apart from protecting the platform workers, the group said in a press release that they also ensured that their recommendations retain the advantages of the platform ecosystem. ## Foreigners illegally carrying out platform work The government will work with the Platform Work Associations (PWAs) — which include the National Delivery Champions Association, National Taxi Association, National Private Hire Vehicles Association — and platform operators to uncover foreigners who illegally perform platform work, Senior Minister of State for Manpower Koh Poh Koon said during a media briefing. Based on existing penalties, foreigners who perform platform work illegally can be fined up to S\$20,000 and jailed for up to two years, or both. Penalties are also given to local platform workers if they are discovered to have abetted such activities by allowing foreigners to misuse their platform account. Some platform operators have already been banning such workers from working for them, Koh said. ## More penalties for those misusing platform accounts Now, to strengthen enforcement and put in place more stringent punishments, platform operators are required to notify MOM if they have reasonable suspicion of a platform worker allowing foreigners to misuse their accounts. If MOM's investigations reveal that an offence has been committed, all platform operators engaged by the Trilateral Group will debar the worker for at least 24 months. During this debarment period, the worker will not be able to register for an account with any platform operator and thus cannot do work as a platform worker, Koh explained. ## Illegal point-to-point rides Additionally, platform workers have raised concerns about illegal point-to-point (P2P) rides. These are rides provided by foreign-registered vehicles for illegal cross-border trips and trips within Singapore, as well as rides matched via unlicensed channels such as Telegram chatgroups. To strengthen enforcement, the government will push for "stronger deterrence" and greater penalties for violations. It will also work to disrupt matching of illegal P2P services by engaging online platforms to take down apps, channels, advertisements that facilitate them. Food delivery platform operators will also strengthen detection and prevention of such illegal activities, by conducting regular and randomised identity verification checks of platform workers and outsourced workers. The Trilateral Group also proposed for platform operators to share the list of outsourced workers with the government for checks when requested. ## Allowing tip-offs from public The government will also conduct enforcement checks on illegal platform work activities based on tipoffs from PWAs and the public. Dedicated reporting channels have been set up for platform workers and members of the public to report any foreigners suspected of performing illegal platform work. They can submit reports on illegal ride-hailing services by foreign-registered cars at LTA’s [OneMotoring website](https://www.go.gov.sg/report-illegal-rides), and illegal platform delivery work by foreigners via MOM’s ["Report an Infringement" webpage](https://go.gov.sg/report-illegal-platform-delivery-work). ## Fairness and safety According to the Trilateral Group, there is a lack of transparency in the design of platform operators' payment and incentive structures, which may cause platform workers to work long hours and compromise their safety in pursuit of uncertain earnings. The group thus recommended for platform operators and workers to jointly establish industry-wide principles for fairer and safer payment and incentive schemes. The PWAs and platform operators should work together to help platform workers better address anxieties around income uncertainty through regular meetings, the group said. Food delivery platform operators that outsource jobs will also provide more clarity and assurance to their workers on outsourcing practices. 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