Safeguarding workers’ rights

Tong (centre) cross-checking details of employees at a petrol station with the Socso database to confirm that they have been registered. — JOHN BARRY/The Star

JOHOR BARU: Some 327 employers in the state were brought to court last year by the Social Security Organisation (Socso) for failing to register their workers with the organisation.

Johor Socso director Tong Sing Chuang said aside from those brought to court, some 431 compounds were also issued last year to employers who failed to register their workers.