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?
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 (Bernama) — The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) gave RM1.18 billion in death benefit to beneficiaries or nominees of members who met the conditions from 1984-2013, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Deputy Minister of Finance Datuk Chua Tee Yong said statistics from 2007 to Oct 2014 shows that beneficiaries of 119,065 […]
By Alyaa Azhar Foreign workers in Johor who had previously been unpaid and were in starving conditions have finally received their long overdue salaries. Johor Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) migrant workers’ support centre coordinator Mohd Salleh Ahmad told Malaysiakini that the workers started receiving their pay yesterday. The factory went into receivership on Oct […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 30 (Bernama) — The government will review the draft of the proposed amendments to the Trade Unions Act 1959 before its tabling in Parliament to ensure its relevance with current situation, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Deputy Human Resource Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Abdul Muttalib said this was to ensure the […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 29 (Bernama) — The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has reminded its members not to work with syndicates or agents who offer them assistance to withdraw their funds fraudulently. Its Corporate Affairs Head, Nik Affendi Jaafar said the EPF views fraudulent withdrawals as a serious offence and would not hesitate to take stern […]
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 27 (Bernama) — Two men including a foreign worker were killed when a lorry they were travelling in crashed into a garbage truck on the Dengkil-Puchong Highway, near here, today. In the 10am incident, Yeow Kit Leong, 51, the driver of the five-tonne lorry which was transporting plastic products and the lorry attendant […]
KUCHING: Former Sarawak Teachers Union (STU) president William Ghani Bina passed away this evening, three days after he was hit by a car while crossing the road at Mile 3. The late Ghani, 60, breathed his last at the Intensive Care Unit at Sarawak General Hospital, where he had been warded for severe head injuries […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The shortage of plantation workers has left the government with no choice but to allow the recruitment of Bangladeshis. Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot, clarifying the request for recruitment of 12,000 Bangladeshi workers into Sarawak, said the action was necessary to meet the demand of fast growing economic development in the […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 (Bernama) — Malaysia and Bangladesh intend to carry out the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers to Malaysia on a government-to-government (G-to-G) arrangement, without the involvement of any third party, agent, outsourcing company or employer. The Human Resources Ministry said this mechanism would minimise the recruitment cost from RM13,000 to RM1,300, preventing the […]
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