MALAYSIA:::Amend Employment Act to cover foreign workers, says Professors Council

Delegates attend the National Council of Professors' Conference on 'National Dilemma:Issues and Challenges of Foreign Workers in Malaysia' in Kuala Lumpur, December 16, 2014

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — The National Professors Council (MPN) today proposed that the federal government amend the Employment (Amended) Act 2012 to cover the rights of foreign workers, as they are an important driver to the nation’s economy.

The council’s deputy secretary-general, Prof Dr Kamaruddin M. Said, said Putrajaya must realise that Malaysia will continue to rely on foreign labour - especially in labour intensive sectors - for quite some time to come and it is high time to accord them fair treatment.

MALAYSIA:::Isu pekerja asing: Saranan wujud pasukan khas

KUALA LUMPUR - Sebuah pasukan khas yang melibatkan semua agensi penguatkuasaan di bawah Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) perlu diwujudkan bagi menangani isu lambakan pekerja asing, kata seorang pegawai kanan Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM).

Ketua Penolong Pengarah Bahagian Ancaman Ekstremis Sosial PDRM, Datuk Mohd Sofian Md Makinuddin berkata penubuhan pasukan itu ialah bagi membolehkan perkongsian maklumat yang lebih cekap dan sekali gus dapat memantapkan aktiviti penguatkuasaan.

"Buat masa ini kebanyakan agensi penguatkuasaan bergerak sendiri. Oleh itu perlu ditubuhkan pasukan khas seperti pasukan 'Homeland Security' yang diwujudkan di Amerika Syarikat selepas peristiwa 11 September," jelasnya.

Beliau bercakap kepada pemberita selepas menjadi anggota panel 'Persidangan Dilema Negara: Isu dan Cabaran Pekerja Asing di Malaysia' anjuran Majlis Profesor Negara di sini hari ini.

MALAYSIA:::Gloomy outlook as foreigners go home

 

PETALING JAYA: ECONOMIC growth for next year could be affected when the estimated 500,000 foreign workers registered under the 6P programme return to their countries next month.

Malaysian Employers Federation executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan, in painting a bleak picture, yesterday said failure to extend the work permits of these foreigners and allow them to continue working in the country would lead to the recruitment of unskilled workers to replace them.

PAKISTAN:::Cell formed to upgrade compliance under GSP+

ISLAMABAD: The government has established a Treaty Implementation Cell (TIC) in the commerce ministry to ensure compliance with specified international conventions under European Union’s low-tariff scheme GSP+, Federal Minister Overseas Pakistani and Human Resource Development Syed Sadaruddin Shah Rashidi said on Monday.

MALAYSIA:::144 employers fined for not contributing to EPF

227 civil summonses and 645 criminal cases filed against directors and employers.

KUALA LUMPUR: Up to 144 employers were fined a total of RM232,100 by the courts in the third quarter of 2014 for having failed to contribute to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) within the specified period.

EPF deputy chief executive officer (operations) Naim Daruwish said in a statement that from July to September this year, EPF had sent a list of 304 directors of companies to the Immigration Department to bar them from leaving the country until they had cleared their outstanding amounts, as provided for under Section 39 of the EPF Act 1991.

MALAYSIA:::Scholars blame Malaysians for influx of foreign workers

A picture of labourers at a construction site. The National Council of Professors is pointing fingers at Malaysians for their uncaring attitude towards foreign workers, saying it is one of the reasons the country is favoured by them.

The lackadaisical attitude of Malaysians is one of the reasons Malaysia has become a "goldmine" for foreign workers, said National Council of Professors (MPN).

Its secretary-general, Professor Datuk Dr Raduan Che Ros, said Malaysians failed to seize opportunities provided by the government and this had caused several sectors, including business, to be dominated by foreign workers.