KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 (Bernama) — Up to Aug 31, a total of 1,853 claims had been submitted over the management’s failure to pay the minimum wage. Deputy Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Abu Muttalib said checks by the Manpower Department found that 549 cases had been tried at the Industrial Court while the […]
Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) takes seriously the recent statement by Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot that “for every 10 legal workers in Malaysia, there are seven illegal workers”. In other words 70 per cent of foreign workers in Malaysia are illegal or undocumented and in breach of national law. As it is […]
MTUC mengalu-alukan Bajet 2017 yang memberikan slogan ‘Untuk Rakyat kerana Rakyat’. Pelbagai inisiatif telah diberikan kepada pelbagai golongan terutamanya yang berpendapatan rendah umpamanya: Mengekalkan subsidi bahan api bagi gas memasak, pampasan tol dan pengangkutan awam; Memberi pelepasan pembelian peralatan penyusuan ibu dan pelepasan hantar anak ke pusat asuhan kanak-kanak dan prasekolah; Pelbagai bantuan kepada nelayan […]
BY RAHMAH GHAZALI PUTRAJAYA: Hundreds of private sector workers staged a gathering in front of the Prime Minister’s Office here Tuesday to pressure the Government into addressing their ongoing problems. Claiming that their concerns have yet to be addressed despite numerous demands, the Coalition of Workers and Unions said the Government should not ignore their […]
BY LOSHANA K SHAGAR KUALA LUMPUR: An estimated 40% of the foreign labour workforce in Malaysia is undocumented, hampering government efforts to reduce dependence on foreign workers by 2020. Human Resources Minister Datuk Richard Riot Jaem said the government had targeted to cap the percentage of foreign labour in Malaysia at 15% of the total […]
V Anbalagan KUALA LUMPUR: Electronics workers from two factories in Selangor scored a major victory following a court ruling that their employers accord recognition to their unions. On Wednesday, Renesas Semiconductor KL Sdn Bhd and Chemi-Con (M) Sdn Bhd lost their appeal in the Court of Appeal to nullify an order by the Human Resources […]
By Lee Hwok Aun AUGUST 12 — The Rio 2016 Olympics is making waves for reasons glorious and notorious, but the carnival of sport has made one unambiguously positive statement with the first ever inclusion of a team of refugees. The athletic participation of nationally displaced peoples, alongside those flag-bearing for their homelands, serves timely […]
Anas Alam Faizli Professor Robert Merton, one of the founding fathers of modern-day sociology argued that “a false definition of the situation evokes a new behaviour which makes the original false conception come true”. We are accustomed to several economic facts that we accept as the norm, although it might be different elsewhere. It is […]
Hwok-Aun Lee Malaysia’s policies toward migrant labor are as fickle and confused as ever. The country’s latest five-year development plan, unveiled last May, set a high-priority goal of reducing dependency on foreign migrant labor; it set a target of reducing the share of foreigners in the workforce to 15%. They now account for 25-35%, a […]
