News
19 December 2013
KUALA LUMPUR: The Amalgamated National Union of Local Authorities Employees (Anulae) president Azih Muda is picked to be the new Cuepacs president, replacing Datuk Omar Osman today. This was announced at the Congress of Union on Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs)’s convention held at Menara PGRM in Cheras. Azih who is the […]
18 December 2013
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 18 (Bernama) — The United Nations (UN) on Wednesday commended the adoption of minimum wage in Malaysia, which it says could help to ensure a higher standard of living for the working poor across the country. UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food Olivier De Schutter said the introduction of the […]
BY MELISSA CHI AND IDA LIM KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 18 — A union representing the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) cabin crew threatened legal action today against the national flag carrier for allegedly suspending seven members for criticising their work conditions on Facebook. In a statement here, the newly-formed National Union of Flight Attendants Malaysia (Nufam) called […]
14 December 2013
KUCHING, Dec 14 ― Human Resource Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot said today a cabinet paper on the suggestion to set up tripartite committees to keep tabs of the minimum wage implementation within all the 72 Manpower offices nationwide, can only be prepared upon the agreement of his ministry and National Wages Consultative Council. He […]
KUALA LUMPUR: A study by the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) has revealed that many employers are still shortchanging workers by lumping all overtime and allowances into the basic salary to make up the statutory RM900 minimum wage. Its vice-president A. Balasubramaniam said the study also showed that many companies, especially the smaller ones, were […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 14 — Despite prolific claims of abuses on foreign workers here, Human Resources Minister Datuk Richard Riot Jaem believes Malaysia is a “heaven on earth” to the millions toiling here compared to their home countries. The first-term Cabinet member played down today a warning that brewing discontent among the country’s estimated two […]
5 December 2013
BY JOSEPH SIPALAN KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 — Putrajaya has dropped the practice of going through middlemen and is hiring the foreign workers it needs for its factories and farms directly from the country of origin, Parliament was told today. A recent report noted Malaysia was still using labour brokers to bring in cheap workers […]
BY MELISSA CHI PETALING JAYA, Dec 5 — A union representing cabin crew members of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) today threatened to picket over the national carrier’s refusal to the acknowledge the union and the firing of its president. A meeting between MAS, the National Union of Flight Attendants Malaysia (Nufam) and the Human Resources Ministry, […]