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Dirty, repulsive, congested: Foreign workers' hostels found in deplorable conditions
BUTTERWORTH: About 50 foreign workers of a factory here are staying in a dirty, repulsive and congested environment at a hostel comprising six containers that also double as kitchens.
MALAYSIA TAKES A STAND ON FORCED LABOUR
GENEVA: ON behalf of the Malaysian government, Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan delivered the ILO Protocol 2014 (ILO P29) ratification on March 21 to the Forced Labour Convention here.
Labour Dept launches Ops Banteras on forced labour, human trafficking
KUALA LUMPUR: The Department of Labour Peninsular Malaysia (JTKSM) launched a nationwide mega operation dubbed ‘Ops Banteras’ simultaneously throughout Peninsular Malaysia and the Federal Territory of Labuan to combat the issue of forced labour and human trafficking on Thursday (March 17).
HR Ministry receive 4,661 complaints against employers for non-payment and late payment of salaries this year
KANGAR: The Human Resource Ministry (KSM) has received a total of 4,661 complaints against employers for non-payment and late payment of salaries which is the highest number of complaints it received until Feb 15.
MBAM asks Govt to consider postponing minimum wage, electricity tariff hike
KUALA LUMPUR: Master Builders Association Malaysia (MBAM) has asked the government to consider postponing the implementation of minimum wage and electricity tariff hike for the next two years to accommodate the industry’s stability and capability.
Reopening of economy to spur industrial sector demand
KUALA LUMPUR: In the short to medium term, the reopening of the country’s economy is expected to spur demand in the industrial sector, as evident by improved transactional activities in the second half of 2021 (H2’21), Bernama reported, citing property consultancy firm Knight Frank Malaysia.
‘Tough task for industries to fill migrant labour shortage’
IT IS going to be a challenging task for Malaysia to get about 600,000 migrant workers for the manufacturing sector to help production return to pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels.
Plugging flood woes
Sepang residents demand permanent solutions instead of stop-gap measures that get swept away.
Establish migrant workers’ affairs department
From K. VEERIAH, Secretary, Malaysian Trades Union Congress Penang Division.