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?
Anthony SB Thanasayan Not a week or day goes by that Tenaganita doesn’t come across cases where a migrant or domestic worker’s right has been violated. There is also a string of other abuses. Most of them involve women, from sex workers to people living with HIV and AIDS, single mothers to trafficked women, and […]
AS the year draws to a close, I wish to call on employers and employees to look back and review their efforts in reducing commuting accidents on the roads. While industrial accidents are generally on the decline, the number of commuting accidents involving employees has increased 25 per cent in the past three years, from […]
Economic growth is good. However, like anything good, overindulgence and foolishness can land us in trouble. High income nation with high inequality is a silent and unseen troublemaker like high cholesterol and high blood pressure. We must not ignore the adverse effects of high inequality in our eager pursuit of high income nation. The World […]
By Tenaganita “Malaysia by virtue of being a member of the United Nations has subscribed to the philosophy, concepts and norms provided by the UDHR, which sets out the minimum and common standard of human rights for ALL PEOPLES and ALL NATIONS.” (Attorney General’s Chambers of Malaysia official website, 2014) Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s […]
There is a taste, a smell to freedom. You and I enjoy it. Many don’t. An estimated 27 million people are believed to live in slavery around the world. And many of these cases are happening in Malaysia. Lokesh Sapaliga, an Indian national’s horrifying experience in a Sarawak factory, is the latest case of modern-day […]
BY ANGELINE LOH The government and the MMA could curb the spread of contagious diseases by opening up accessibility to medical treatment and health care for all, without discrimination, says Angeline Loh. In late September, the Malaysian Medical Association expressed its worry over the ‘rise in infectious diseases’ brought in and spread by migrants illegally entering […]
By Pauline Wong What would you do if you employer forced you to play game of ‘catch the ball’, where if you dropped the ball, you’d get physically punish with punch or kick? Who would you turn to if your boss decided to make you work long hours with no extra pay to punish you […]
Before condemning the Nepalese for rioting, we must ask why they did it in the first place. COMMENT By Jimmy Puah Wee Tse August 26, 2014, will be remembered as a day of infamy in Kulai’s history. On that fateful day, more than 1,000 Nepalese workers ran riot and set fire to factory buildings and […]
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