MALAYSIA:::Kekayaan tidak saksama boleh undang rasuah, titah Sultan Nazrin

Sultan Nazrin Shah berkata rakyat miskin lebih terdedah dengan rasuah kecil-kecilan, sambil menasihati kerajaan tidak mengendahkan realiti kekayaan tidak sama rata. – Gambar fail, 1 Oktober, 2014.

Sultan Perak,Sultan Nazrin Shah hari ini mengingatkan Putrajaya supaya berhenti menafikan kewujudan kekayaan tidak sama rata di negara ini dan sedar kesusahan hidup dan kemiskinan juga boleh menyebabkan kegiatan rasuah.

MALAYSIA:::Tiga sektor dikenal pasti penyumbang kemalangan di tempat kerja

Sektor pembuatan, perkhidmatan dan perdagangan borong dan runcit dikenal pasti penyumbang utama kes kemalangan di tempat kerja tahun ini, kata Timbalan Menteri Sumber Manusia Datuk Seri Ismail Abd Muttalib.

Beliau berkata sebanyak 20,859 kes kemalangan tempat kerja dilapor sehingga Jun tahun ini dan bilangan itu dijangka meningkat.

MALAYSIA:::Expect more unrest if foreign workers’ welfare neglected, warns MTUC

Foreign workers cycling home after work in Petaling Jaya. Exploitation of foreign workers has led to frustration and anger among them, with the Malaysian Trades Union Congress warning of unrest if their grievances are not addressed

Foreign workers are the most victimised in the labour force and the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) is ringing the alarm bell of more unrest if the nearly six million workforce is not treated with dignity.

Its secretary-general, N. Gopal Kishnam (pic), said the riot in August involving Bangladeshi and Nepalese workers at an electronics factory at the Kelapa Sawit industrial area in Kulaijaya, Johor, was just an early warning symptom of long-standing problems that were being swept under the carpet.

MALAYSIA:::Red tape in construction industry spurs illegal immigrants

KUALA LUMPUR: Red tape is compelling the construction industry into employing illegal immigrants, all because it takes up to eight months for applications for work permits to be processed.

With such delays and contractual obligations to be met, many have opted to take a chance by employing those without proper documents.

Facts and figures outlining the delay were presented at a high-powered industry meeting where senior government officials were present.