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?
As only 9 percent of the 5-million in the workforce are unionised, workers must be better organised and united to effectively champion their cause to the government. BUTTERWORTH: In view of housing debts rising to worrying levels coupled with the escalating of cost of living, most Malaysian wage-earner are now trapped between the affluent and […]
By Anas Alam Faizli One of the most wicked economic satirist of the 18th century, Bernard Mandeville cynically proclaimed, “It was generally admitted that unless the poor were poor, they will not do an honest day’s toil without asking for exorbitant wages. To make the society happy it is requisite that great numbers should be […]
This Minimum Wage Order discriminates against migrant workers by delaying their entitlement to minimum wages to 31 December 2013, points out Charles Hector.
Bank Negara Malaysia seems to be oblivious of the devastating effects of Alliance Banks’s malpractices. The Malaysian Central Bank which is responsible of the economic climate of the country is allowing a foreign CEO to create an unemployment crisis towards the largest faction of the labour force, the low income earners.
KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 – The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) is unhappy that exemptions are being given to hundreds of employers on implementing the minimum mandatory retirement age of 60.
KUCHING (July 7, 2013): The government, through the human resources ministry, targets to reduce workplace-related accidents to three in 1,000 workers by 2015, as compared to 3.31 in every 1,000 workers last year. Minister Datuk Richard Riot said the government’s commitment in occupational health and safety would improve Malaysia’s image and international trade as foreign […]
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