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?
John Joseph KUCHING: The Human Resources Ministry is still in talks with the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) regarding its request to raise the minimum wage for workers to RM1,200 per month from RM800 in Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan and RM900 in Peninsular Malaysia. Its minister said that the application for a minimum wage of […]
The Migrant Workers Right to Redress Coalition (MWR2R) views Malaysia’s relegation to tier 3 watchlist of the annual US human trafficking report as a serious indictment of the government’s failure to protect the human rights of its estimated 4 million migrant workers, and refugees. The tier 3 watchlist simply means that the government has not […]
Job in Malaysian factory meant low pay, long hours and squalor for new arrival who suspected others had escaped before him Pete Pattisson in Kathmandu When Phadendra Kumar Shrestha heard about the cupboardful of abandoned passports, he knew he was in trouble. The 27-year-old migrant worker from Sindhuli district, Nepal, had travelled to Malaysia on […]
KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 (Bernama) — Pakistani workers in Malaysia are being advised not to overstay, and to use proper channels in seeking for work in the country. Its High Commissioner to Malaysia Syed Hassan Raza said they should respect the local laws and procedures. He said a total of 400 Pakistan nationals had been […]
JOHOR BAHARU, June 27 (Bernama) — Three foreign workers were killed and another injured when a wall near the drain they dug collapsed on them today. Johor Jaya Fire and Rescue Department Operations Chief Mohamad Anwar Mohd Amdzah said the workers were digging a drain for a factory still under construction at Jalan Angkasa Emas, […]
BY KALAVAANI KARUPIAH KUALA LUMPUR: THE government has plans to bring in maids from Nepal, said Human Resource Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot yesterday. However, the plans are still being discussed by the relevant authorities and will be finalised by the end of August, upon the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Malaysia and […]
PETALING JAYA: Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) secretary-general, N. Gopal Kishnam said the government has to abolish the labour supplier system and review the recruitment on government-to-government basis to curb human trafficking. The government has issued more than 200 licences authorising labour suppliers, also known as “contractors of labour” and “labour outsourcing companies”, which has […]
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