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?
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) vice-president J Solomon said the ILO condemns and will not tolerate the shooting down of MH17. He also added that MAS and the Malaysian government must allocate compensation for the families of the crew killed in the line of duty, which includes mandatory employment. Solomon said that […]
BY LEE SHI-IAN The disasters which have struck Malaysia Airlines flights MH370 and MH17 have demoralised the 3,000 members of the National Union of Flight Attendants Malaysia (NUFAM) and affected their work performance, its president said. Ismail Nasaruddin said the cabin crews could not come to terms with the loss of 21 colleagues in just […]
KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 (Bernama) — The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has urged employers and workers to ensure that their work environments are free of breeding grounds for the Aedes mosquito. In a statement issued Thursday, NIOSH president Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said special attention should be given to construction […]
KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 (Bernama) – Two economists have advised employees of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) to get their priorities right to enable the national airline to survive these turbulent times. Dr Yeah Kim Leng, Dean of the School of Business at the Malaysia University of Science and Technology and ex-Group Chief Economist of RAM Holdings, […]
KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 (Bernama) — The implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is in line with the government’s aspiration to increase the country’s income and revenue by 2020, hence giving a huge benefit to the people, including civil servants. The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) […]
KUALA LUMPUR, July 15 (Bernama) — The Social Security Organisation (Socso) today presented Dependant Benefits in the form of monthly pension to five siblings who lost their parents at a road accident in Jalan Chan Sow Lin in May. Kuala Lumpur Socso director Mohamad Asri Ngosman said the siblings would receive RM1,596 as the first […]
PUTRAJAYA, July 15 (Bernama) — An increase in operations cost and difficulty employing foreign workers were among the main grouses put forward by Chinese Small and Medium Sized Industries (SMI) said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong, today. Wee who is responsible for the development of Chinese business in the […]
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) on Tuesday called on the Government to make it compulsory for private sector to implement a five-day work week in a bid to increase productivity. Its deputy secretary-general, A.Balasubramaniam, said this would also help to streamline the working days with government agencies, departments and the financial institutions. […]
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