Malaysia is one of Asia's biggest employers of foreign labour. But recently, cases of deaths, abuse and forced labour have come to light. What is going on? Who is protecting these migrant workers?
Story by Khairie Hisyam khairie@kinibiz.com Foreigners are arguably the driving force behind the construction sector’s boom in recent years. As locals shun the sector, the way ahead points to IBS though a big wall of obstacles stands in the way. As the Malaysian construction sector boomed over the past few […]
Story by Khairie Hisyam khairie@kinibiz.com Nearly one year after saying foreign workers under the 6P amnesty programme would not see an extended stay, the government is now in early talks on allowing just that, sources tell KINIBIZ. At the heart of the matter is a wider issue of Malaysia’s addiction to […]
The minimum wage will be raised to RM33.30 a day for Peninsular Malaysia next year, as announced by Datuk Seri Najib Razak in his budget speech. That is roughly RM4.20 an hour for an eight-hour day of work. For those potheads, stop snickering. For many readers, this may not seem a lot. Implementing a national […]
By Callistus Antony D’Angelus The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is seen by some quarters to be a boon for the economy while others view it with some degree of scepticism and even trepidation. The first thing that stands out is that the negotiations were shrouded in secrecy, which brings with it the question as to what […]
BY WAN NORLIZA WAN MUSTAPHA Rising unhappiness and inequality in Malaysia IN the recent Sustainable Development Social Network’s World Happiness Report (2014), Malaysia ranked 61st in the company of Croatia and Libya. In 2013, Malaysia ranked 56th. What is more alarming is we recorded a decrease of 0.36 in happiness. Even neighbouring Indonesia recorded changes […]
INDONESIA is proposing a salary hike for its maids working in this country. From the current RM800 a month, the Indonesian authorities are asking that it be set at RM1,200. The uproar is to be expected. Malaysians are only too human in this respect. They so badly want the services of a domestic help but […]
By P Ramasamy The Malaysian government’s attempt under the 11th Malaysia Plan to increase the income of the bottom 40 per cent of the population – from RM2,500 to RM5,000 a month – might come to naught if policies and labour laws that favour employers are not withdrawn. Workers have always maintained that productivity has […]
By Vanitha Nadaraj It is complicated. Which is probably why Asean’s plan to create a single market and production base by this year does not include migrant workers in Asean. The Asean Economic Community (AEC) aims to have a free flow of goods, services, investment, capital, and skilled labour. So far only eight professions are […]
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