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?
KOTA KINABALU: The Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) wants the government to scrap the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) planned for implementation starting April next year. MTUC Exco and Council Member, Sivanathan Arumugam, said the organization opposed the introduction of GST as it fears the new tax system would burden the people especially the […]
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airlines System Employees Union has called on the Prime Minister to carry out a restructuring of the airline’s top management. Executive secretary Mohd Jabbarullah Abd Kadir said the existing top management “did not have proper experience in the aviation industry, hence failed to play their roles to bring profit for the company.” […]
KUALA TERENGGANU, May 14 (Bernama) — The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) welcomed various efforts by the government to boost the country’s performance by 2020. Its president, Azih Muda, said programmes like the Government Transformation Programme (GTP) and the Economic Transformation programme (ETP) could propel Malaysia into becoming […]
PETALING JAYA: Cuepacs, the umbrella union for civil servants, wants the Government to quickly standardise the cost of living allowance (Cola) to RM300 nationwide to help ease their burden. Its president Azih Muda hoped that a decision would be made before the civil servants assembly on June 10. Civil servants, he said, were currently receiving […]
KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 (Bernama) — There is still room for employers to restructure the salary implementation in Malaysia to be in line with the needs of a high-income country, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. “As an example, the wages and pay as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) of a […]
BY NORFATIMAH AHMAD AND RAHIMY RAHIM PETALING JAYA: The Government should intervene and help solve an internal crisis between the management and employees of Malaysia Airlines (MAS), says the Malaysia Airlines Employees Union (Maseu). Its executive secretary Mohd Jabarullah Abdul Kadir claims that the national carrier’s top management has not addressed the problem, causing the […]
BY RAHIMY RAHIM PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airlines Employees Union (Maseu) has expressed concern over speculation that there might be a reset of MAS maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) services. Its executive secretary Mohd Jabarullah Abdul Kadir said some 4,000 employees, including ground staff engineers and technicians, working under MRO services, were unsure whether they would […]
KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 (Bernama) — The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) said on Monday that 278 names of defaulting company directors have been submitted to the Immigration Department in the first quarter of this year to prevent them from leaving the country without first settling their employees’ EPF contribution arrears as provided under Section 39 […]
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