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?
R. Nadeswaran KUALA LUMPUR: Red tape is compelling the construction industry into employing illegal immigrants, all because it takes up to eight months for applications for work permits to be processed. With such delays and contractual obligations to be met, many have opted to take a chance by employing those without proper documents. Facts and […]
BY SHERIDAN MAHAVERA Civil servants are lobbying the government for more than just a pay hike in the upcoming national budget, as they are increasingly hurt by the rising cost of living and worried about the Goods and Services Tax (GST) next year. Cuepacs, the umbrella group representing over one million civil servants, has been […]
BY V. ANBALAGAN, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) has blamed the lack of coordination between the Home and Human Resources ministries for the large number of undocumented foreign workers in the country. Its secretary-general N. Gopal Kishnam described the situation as “the right hand does not know what the left hand […]
KUCHING: An Indonesian oil palm estate worker was killed after a wagon transporting him and 13 other workers overturned into a ravine in Simunjan on Friday. The incident happened around 3pm at KM29 Jalan Kampung Kepayang, when the 29-year-old victim and his co-workers were being transported back to their barracks at Ladang Kepayang in a […]
By Anjulie Ngan Several NGOs today staged a brief protest in front of the Education Ministry, demanding to know why cleaners and security guards at some schools were not being paid the minimum wage. Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) and Jaringan Rakyat Tertindas (Jerit) said in a survey they conducted in 16 schools, 14 have contractors who […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 (Bernama) — The proposed exemption for micro companies or employers to pay minimum wage to their workers is tantamount to denying the rights of the workers, Human Resources Minister Datuk Richard Riot Jaem said. He said this was because employees of micro companies comprised mostly locals and did not receive any […]
BY HIMANSHU BHATT As Malaysia comes under fire for worker abuse by a global labour rights group, industrial firms in Penang want Putrajaya to allow them to hire foreign workers directly to avoid problems caused by agencies who allegedly take advantage of and profiteer from workers. Heng Huck Lee, president of The Free Industrial Zone, […]
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