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KOTA BAHARU, Feb 14 (Bernama) — The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (CUEPACS) has called for pension to be paid immediately after the civil servants retired from the service.
Its president, Datuk Azih Muda said this was because the retirees would need to use the pension money to cope with the rising cost of living and to pay their monthly bills, including housing loan.
“Ideally, the pension should be paid to the retirees a week after their retirement because they need the money to repay housing loan among other things.
“We want a proactive action from the authorities and we hope this process can be expedited and viewed seriously,” he told reporters after presenting flood relief aid to civil servants here today.
Also present was Angkatan Koperasi Kebangsaan Malaysia Berhad (Angkasa) president Datuk Abdul Fattah Abdullah.
Right now, Azih said civil servants would only received their pensions three months after retiring from the service.
In another development, Azih said CUEPACS would also like to suggest to the government to prolong the electricity tariffs reduction to a year.
Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili had previously announced that electricity users in Peninsular Malaysia would enjoy a drop in electricity tariff with the imbalanced cost past through (ICPT) rate of 2.25sen per kilowatt-hour (kWh), while the tariff for Sabah and the Federal Territory of Labuan would be reduced by 1.2sen/kWh from March 1 to June 30, 2015.
Source: Bernama
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