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?
Selena Tay Is it hard to understand why our government keeps bringing in foreign workers while Malaysians continue to live in poverty. COMMENT As our nation nears the realisation of Vision 2020, the income gap between the general worker and those at executive level is getting wider by the day, so much so it’s more […]
Karen Arukesamy KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia needs to have more women remaining in the labour force as well as having more innovations, among other measures, to improve or maintain its gross domestic product (GDP) growth. The suggestion came from Michelle Gyles-McDonnough, the UN resident coordinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) country representative for Malaysia, Singapore […]
The Migrant Workers Right to Redress Coalition (MWR2R) views Malaysia’s relegation to tier 3 watchlist of the annual US human trafficking report as a serious indictment of the government’s failure to protect the human rights of its estimated 4 million migrant workers, and refugees. The tier 3 watchlist simply means that the government has not […]
An Open Letter to the Public I note with grave concern the various comments attributed to politicians from both sides of the divide as they opined that Unions of the national airline were unreasonable in their demands, imputing that the employees were asking for the “moon” in terms & conditions of service, including perks & […]
Two months ago, a 23-year old domestic worker from a little-known Indonesian city was named as one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People. Ms Erwiana Sulistyaningsih was recognized alongside presidents and popstars for what she didn’t do – Erwiana didn’t stay silent.
THE lowest monthly rate for workers in the peninsula is RM900 or an hourly rate of RM4.33, according to the Malaysian Minimum Wages Order 2012, orginally decreed to start on January 1, 2013. In the East Malaysian states – Sarawak and Sabah – as well as the federal territory of Labuan, the lowest monthly rate […]
Workers’ rights in Malaysia have been eroding since Merdeka, with workers today being modern day slaves in the master-servant relationship. To an extent, we workers are to be blamed for this situation. We have not stood united and fought the oppressive tactics of employers and governments. The trade union movement is the one movement that […]
By Joshua Ong There has been and will continue to be a lot of talk about minimum wage recently due to the enforcement of the new ruling in January 2014. The minimum monthly income was set at RM900 for peninsular Malaysia and RM800 for east Malaysia. The announcement has been met with mixed reviews thus […]
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