By Brian Khow Tong Chee, Strengthen protections for outdoor workers
Tag: Labour
Ponggal: With the dawn of Thai month, will new paths unfold?
By Gandipan Gopalan. Ponggal, traditionally a harvest festival, is also a day to honour labour and toil
US govt and Subramaniam reach out of court settlement
By S. Arutchelvan. Security guard agrees unlawful dismissal settlement with US embassy
Compulsory EPF for migrant workers a brilliant move
By S. Arutchelvan. Standardise EPF benefits for local and foreign workers
Pay cleaners, security guards in hospitals and government schools the civil servants’ minimum wage
By S. Arutchelvan. Essential workers responsible for keeping hospitals and schools clean and safe have been denied a decent wage
Marhaen and Madani
Today, 17th October, is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. This resolution was adopted on 22 December 1992 at the UN General Assembly. According to UN predictions, by the end of 2022, 8.4% of the world’s population (670 million people) were expected to be living in extreme poverty, and as many as 575…
The Deplorable Situation of Migrant Workers in Malaysia
By Jeyakumar Devaraj. Where is our moral compass?
Why no discussion on minimum wage increase?
PM’s emphasis on increasing civil servant wages while refusing to address minimum wage issue is disappointing.
Productivity myths perpetuate low incomes
by Gandipan. Malaysia is trapped in a cycle of “low wage, low profit, low productivity”
Don’t kill the Minimum Wage Act
by S. Arutchelvan. Don’t use progressive wage policy as excuse to dismantle minimum wage