Mahfuz: Workers should bravely lodge reports if bosses don't provide proper safety protection

Deputy Human Resources Minister Datuk Mahfuz Omar (2nd from left)and National Institute for Occupational and Health (NIOSH) chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye (third from the right) at the 21st Conference and Exhibition on Occupational Safety and Health (COSH 2018) launched in Putrajaya. - MOHD SAHAR MISNI/The Star

PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): Workers should be brave in lodging reports if their employers fail to provide appropriate workplace safety protection, said Deputy Minister of Human Resources Datuk Mahfuz Omar.

"Many workers are too afraid to come forward now for fear of losing their jobs,” he said.