SINGAPORE - Employees who made claims for owed salaries or wrongful dismissal between last April and March this year managed to recover about $16 million in all from their employers. About 91 per cent of the 6,537 employees who made claims had their cases fully resolved at the Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management (TADM) and the Employment Claims Tribunals. They received the full sums of salaries owed or compensation. This was revealed by the Tripartite Alliance Limited on Wednesday (Oct 21) in its annual report for the year ended March 31. In the previous financial year, TADM recovered around $15 million in salaries owed to employees in Singapore, with about 90 per cent of employees who filed claims fully recovering their salaries. The Tripartite Alliance Limited was set up by the Ministry of Manpower, National Trades Union Congress and Singapore National Employers Federation in 2016. It oversees TADM, the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (Tafep), and the Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Council. Last April, the Employment Act and the Employment Claims Act were amended to allow all employees - including those who earn more than $4,500 a month...