News about Labour

PETALING JAYA (Dec 15): Former human resources minister M Kula Segaran (pictured) has called on the government to “work towards improving working conditions” for migrant workers Malaysia, FMT News reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 16): Multinational supermarket chain Tesco, in a review to ensure that modern slavery does not take place within its operations and supply chain, has found evidence of abuses in Malaysia, Malaysiakini reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): Employers have to pay the full salary of all employees — including allowances — during the March 18-31 Movement Control Order period, said the Ministry of Human Resources (MoHR).

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 20): A Labour Department probe on the Taman Desa condominium collapse which occured last Friday (pictured) found that the main contractor of the project being built has allegedly made breaches of the employment law, the Malay Mail reported.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 23): The Ministry of Human Resources has told newspaper publisher Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd — which ceased operations on Oct 9 — and its interim liquidator UHY Advisory (KL) Sdn Bhd, to pay its employees their outstanding wages, as well as compensation for a voluntary separation scheme (VSS) that took place last year.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 3): Human Resources Minister M Kulasegaran will meet with all rubber glove makers tomorrow to explain the repercussions of forced labour in their operations after the US banned the import of disposable rubber gloves of WRP Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 2): The US has banned the import of disposable rubber gloves produced in Malaysia by WRP Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd, which is alleged to have manufactured these items using forced labour.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 29): Cheap available foreign labour is the big stumbling block that has hindered the growth of the country’s productivity and wages.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): The bulk of foreigners will not be allowed to buy homes (unless they are newly built apartments) in the rugby mad country starting from today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 27): The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC), in welcoming the Ministry of Finance's retraction of its earlier stance that the levy for migrant workers be split 20:80 between employers and foreign workers, has also called for the withdrawal of all tax concessions granted on the levy.