The sum is the most an Employment Claims Tribunal can award, and the worker himself estimated he was owed about S$21,815, CNA reported.
Neither the worker nor the company was named in the ruling, published July 1, as is standard for tribunal cases, which are heard in private.
The man was employed from around December 2023 until Dec. 8, 2025, mainly serving tables at a Bangladeshi restaurant, with no written contract.
Both sides agreed his terms came from the in-principle approval that Singapore's Ministry of Manpower issues to work-permit holders in place of one, setting a 44-hour week, a basic salary of S$1,500 a month, and overtime at S$11.80 an hour.
He said he actually worked 13 to 15 hours a day, every day of the week. Limiting his claim to April 1 through Dec. 8, 2025, he counted 1,848.8 hours of unpaid overtime.
