Wednesday, January 15, 2014

MALAYSIA>>Gaji tak selaras punca ramai buat 'part time'

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PELARASAN gaji tidak seiring dengan kenaikan harga barang keperluan menjadi punca utama peningkatan kos sara hidup menyebabkan orang ramai tiada pilihan lain sehingga terpaksa bekerja sambilan.

Pensyarah Kanan yang juga Ketua Program bahagian Peruncitan Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK), Dr Wee Yu Ghee berkata, disebabkan peningkatan taraf hidup, ramai yang terpaksa bekerja lebih daripada satu kerja.

MALAYSIA>>Purata pemberian bonus kekal


Majikan di Malaysia dijangka mengekalkan pemberian bonus pada kadar sama tahun lalu susulan petunjuk pemulihan dalam ekonomi negara disokong unjuran keseluruhan perdagangan dunia yang positif.

MALAYSIA:::Kerajaan patut urus ambil pekerja asing

Kerajaan patut urus ambil pekerja asing
Kuala Lumpur: Sudah tiba masanya semua urusan pengambilan pekerja asing diambil alih sepenuhnya agensi kerajaan atau kerajaan dengan kerajaan (G2G), bukan lagi melalui khidmat ejen. 

Presiden Kongres Kesatuan Sekerja Malaysia (MTUC), Mohd Khalid Atan, berkata langkah itu memastikan rekod dan data lengkap serta jumlah pekerja asing sah atau tidak sah di negara ini dipantau dengan lebih sistematik. 

ILO to publish annual report on global employment trends

GENEVA (ILO News) - The International Labour Organization (ILO) is to launch its annual report "Global Employment Trends 2014" on Wednesday 22 January.

The study offers the latest global and regional information and projections on several indicators of the labour market, including employment, unemployment, working poverty and vulnerable employment.

COMBODIA>>ITUC expresses concern over jailed trade union members

Statement on Cambodia, 13 January, 2014
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the ITUC Asia-Pacific and IndustriALL-SE Asia Office (the global union federation branch representing garment workers in this region) have today completed an urgent four-day mission to Cambodia to respond to the workers’ rights crisis in the country. As with workers, governments and employers from around the world, we were horrified by the serious human rights violations that were committed here in recent weeks, including the use of deadly force by security forces to quell the protests in the industrial zones.

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