MALAYSIA:::Segera lakukan penama KWSP

LABIS – Sebanyak 70 peratus daripada 6 juta pencarum Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP) di negara ini gagal menamakan penama akaun dan bakal mengundang masalah semasa proses pengeluaran caruman apabila berlaku kematian.

Timbalan Menteri Kewangan, Datuk Chua Tee Yong berkata, dia meminta setiap pencarum supaya menyegerakan urusan penamaan bagi memudahkan keluarga mereka melaksanakan urusan pengeluaran caruman jika berlaku sesuatu yang tidak diingini kepada mereka.

“Setiap tahun jumlah pencarum KWSP semakin meningkat tetapi peratusan pencarum yang tidak melakukan penamaan waris pada akaun mereka begitu rendah meskipun kerajaan sudah melakukan pelbagai promosi untuk tujuan tersebut.

“Kadang-kadang mereka (pencarum) tidak fikir apa akan berlaku kepada diri mereka kerana kemalangan adalah suatu perkara yang tidak diduga,” katanya.

MALAYSIA:::It makes no sense to send back skilled workers

In response to Professor Azizah Kassim from the Institut Kajian Malaysia dan Antarabangsa (Ikmas) of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), the Master Builders Association Malaysia (MBAM) would like to clarify her statement that “the illegals who are legitimised through the programme may stop paying their levies”.

With all due respect, the levies are paid by employers through bank draft and NOT by the foreign workers as what she had stated earlier. Therefore, the issues of foreign workers not paying the levies does not arise in this case.

HONG KONG:::Foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong should not have to suffer abuse in silence

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Some recent cases of abuse have grabbed the headlines. Photo: Nora Tam

This Thursday is International Migrants Day - an opportune moment for us to celebrate the positive role played around the world by different types of migrants. In Hong Kong, the most visible example of this is the very valuable contributions made by foreign domestic workers, particularly in alleviating family care responsibilities and enabling many to, in turn, return to their careers.

Despite this important role, many foreign domestic workers face significant barriers and injustice in their daily life. Late last month, the Equal Opportunities Commission released the findings of the first questionnaire survey for foreign domestic workers on the sexual harassment and discrimination they face at work. The results are sobering: Of the nearly 1,000 workers surveyed, 6.5 per cent said they had been sexually harassed at the workplace or at a work-related event in the preceding 12 months. According to the Immigration Department, there are currently over 330,000 foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong. Extrapolating from these figures means that tens of thousands of foreign domestic workers may be at risk of sexual harassment each year.

MALAYSIA:::Malaysians' Attitude Contributes To Influx Of Foreign Workers

File picKUALA LUMPUR: 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, Prof 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.

This should not have happened as business licenses were only issued to locals, he added.

Raduan was speaking at a MPN conference themed "National Dilemma: Foreign Labour Issues and Challenges in Malaysia", attended by 200 academicians here Monday.

MPN politics, security and international affairs cluster member, Prof Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Abdul Aziz said the attitude of some Malaysians in accepting the presence of foreigners made foreign nationals to feel comfortable living here.

ILO, Cambodian garment manufacturers group to join hands to eliminate child labour

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- The International Labour Organization's Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) and the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) will sign an agreement on Thursday, aiming to abolish child labour in Cambodia' s garment industry, said a join news statement Tuesday.

"The agreement emphasizes collaboration between BFC and GMAC in the process of identifying and remediating any confirmed cases of child labour," the statement said.

"When workers under the age of 15 are identified, they are offered access to suitable vocational training institutes and are paid the equivalent of their average monthly factory pay until they reach 15," it added.

MALAYSIA:::Pekerja asing: Hapus sistem ejen pembekal

KUALA LUMPUR - Majlis Profesor Negara (MPN) mencadangkan agar pengambilan dan pengurusan pekerja asing dilaksanakan antara 'kerajaan dengan kerajaan' dan tidak melalui agensi pembekal.

Timbalan Setiausaha Agung MPN, Prof Dr Kamaruddin Mohd Said berkata agensi pembekal sama ada di negara asal atau di negara ini mengenakan bayaran tinggi menyebabkan pekerja asing walaupun belum mula bekerja sudah berhutang dan tidak menerima gaji sehingga sembilan atau 10 bulan untuk menebus hutang itu.

"Asalnya mereka datang dengan baik. Tetapi untuk membebaskan diri daripada hutang, mereka lari daripada kontrak dan status mereka berubah daripada pekerja asing dengan izin kepada tanpa izin," katanya.

Cadangan itu merupakan antara intipati resolusi yang diluluskan dalam Persidangan MPN bertajuk 'Dilema Negara: Isu dan Cabaran Pekerja Asing di Malaysia' yang memasuki hari kedua dan akhir hari ini.

MALAYSIA:::Cadangan mohon ambil pekerja asing online

Kerajaan berhasrat untuk melaksanakan permohonan pengambilan pekerja asing secara dalam talian bagi memudahkan majikan mengemukakan permohonan tanpa perlu hadir ke Pusat Kelulusan Setempat (OSC), Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN).

 

Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri Datuk Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar berkata bagaimanapun perkara itu masih dalam peringkat kajian dan penelitian, memandangkan proses pengambilan pekerja asing melibatkan pelbagai kementerian dan agensi kerajaan.