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?
MELAKA, June 20 (Bernama) — Some 10,000 public and private sector workers are expected to attend the Labour Day Assembly 2014 to be held at the Melaka International Trade Centre (MITC) here Saturday. The Human Resource Ministry said in a statement that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is scheduled to officiate the assembly […]
The United States government has downgraded Malaysia along with three other countries – Thailand, The Gambia and Venezuela – to Tier 3 in its annual Trafficking of Persons (TIP) Report. Listing out these countries’ “broken promises” over several years, the US said placing these countries on the lowest possible ranking was due to the […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Perodua and its workers’ unions have signed a Collective Agreement for the former to increase the wages, allowances and benefits for its non-executive staff by 10%. In a statement today, Perodua said the agreement was signed to help cope with the higher cost of living and recognise their contribution to the company. The […]
Khalil Majeed PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) today hit out at Public Accounts Committee (PAC) deputy chairman Dr Tan Seng Giaw for his statement regarding MAS Employees Union of Peninsular Malaysia (Maseu). At a press conference at Wisma MTUC, its secretary-general N. Gopal Kishnam said the PAC deputy chairman was “barking up […]
Two months ago, a 23-year old domestic worker from a little-known Indonesian city was named as one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People. Ms Erwiana Sulistyaningsih was recognized alongside presidents and popstars for what she didn’t do – Erwiana didn’t stay silent.
BY BOO SU-LYN KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 — An influential parliamentary committee said today that it will haul in the Home ministry to explain its faulty databases which make it impossible to track the number of foreign workers in the country. Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed said there are an […]
KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 (Bernama) — Employees’ unions in Malaysia Airlines (MAS) have come under fire from one of the country’s longest-serving Members of Parliament for obstructing efforts to turn around MAS with their “unreasonable” demands and threats. Dr. Tan Seng Giaw, the eight-term MP for Kepong, said the “MAS saga” had been going on […]
THE lowest monthly rate for workers in the peninsula is RM900 or an hourly rate of RM4.33, according to the Malaysian Minimum Wages Order 2012, orginally decreed to start on January 1, 2013. In the East Malaysian states – Sarawak and Sabah – as well as the federal territory of Labuan, the lowest monthly rate […]
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