Malaysia is one of Asia's biggest employers of foreign labour. But recently, cases of deaths, abuse and forced labour have come to light. What is going on? Who is protecting these migrant workers?
The Star
Friday August 4, 2006
ABOUT 400 Penang Port workers have been given a 4% rise in their salaries.
Yesterday, the Penang Port Workers Union and Stevedore Employers
Association (SEA) signed a collective agreement (CA) on the pay rise.
News Straits Times
03 Aug 2006
PUTRAJAYA: Pick up your foreign workers within three hours of their arrival
or you will be penalised.
Malaysiakini.com
Aug 1, 06 1:26pm
A Malaysian volunteer squad has rounded up more than 1,500 illegal immigrants
working in a factory in western Selangor state in its largest crackdown so far
this year, reports said yesterday.
News Straits Times
01 Aug 2006
PUTRAJAYA: Bangladeshi workers are set to come back to Malaysia, eight years
after a poor social record resulted in a freeze on their entry.
Bernama
August 01, 2006 15:36 PM
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 1 (Bernama)– Human Resource Minister Datuk Seri Dr Fong Chan
Onn reiterated his call for employers in the private sector who had yet to pay
new allowances to their workers to do so.
Bernama
By Minggu Simon Lhasa
July 31, 2006 20:04 PM
MELBOURNE, July 31 (Bernama) — Economic relations between Malaysia and Australia
are set to enter a new era when the two countries conclude a free trade agreement
(FTA).
HindustanTimes.com
Press Trust of India
Kuala Lumpur, July 31, 2006
Around 1,500 illegal immigrants, including Indians, working in a factory have
been rounded up by a volunteer squad in Malaysia.
The Star
Friday July 28, 2006
KUALA LUMPUR: The signs are there that women in the civil service will soon
enjoy an 84-day maternity leave.
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