Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Foreign workers send home RM34.75 billion from Malaysia in 2015

 The total remittance volume sent home by foreign workers from Malaysia increased 23.2 percent to RM34.75 billion in 2015 from RM28.21 billion in 2014, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani said Indonesia was the top recipient of remittances from 2011 to 2015, followed by Bangladesh, Nepal, India and the Philippines.

MTUC Welcome Landmark Decision of Industrial Court on Union Busting Issue / INDUSTRIAL COURT OF MALAYSIA::KESATUAN SEKERJA INDUSTRI ELEKTRONIK WILAYAH BARAT SEMENANJUNG MALAYSIA AND RENESAS SEMICONDUCTOR KL SDN. BHD. AWARD NO: 244 OF 2016


MTUC Welcome Landmark Decision of Industrial Court on Union Busting Issue
Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) welcome the decision of the Industrial
 Court on March 8, 2016, which found Renesas Semiconductor KL Sdn Bhd, an
 electronics company, has been involved in union busting.
Industrial Court Chairman, Datuk Mary Shakila G. Azariah stated that Renesas 
Semiconductor KL Sdn Bhd had violated the Industrial Relations Act by its actions
 against members of the Electronics Industry Employees Union Western Region 
Peninsular Malaysia in its employment.
According to the Court's decision, employers were lawfully bound to respect
The western region union was registered on December 1st 2009, seven months 
after the Government approved the unionization of the workers in the electronics 
industry into four regions. Previously, there were 
only in-house unions in the electronics sector.
As clearly said by the Court Chairman, MTUC also stro

MALAYSIA:::MTUC: Be transparent about foreign workers contract

 The decision to place the draft of a foreign workers management contract under the Official Secrets Act has expanded the scope of the law beyond its core, a unionist charged today.
K Veeriah, Penang branch secretary of the Malaysian Trade Union Congress, said such expansion of repressive laws such as the OSA would only lead to a greater erosion of the people’s right to know and their confidence in the Federal Government.

MAHKAMAH PERUSAHAAN MALAYSIA:::Rujukan yang dibuat di bawah Seksyen 20(3), Akta Perhubungan Perusahaan 1967


"Apa yang menarik di dalam kes ini ialah adakah pembuangan kerja Pihak Menuntut itu adakah atas alasan Pihak Menuntut tidak menghadiri kursus yang dianjurkan oleh syarikat pada 10.03.2014 dan 11.03.2014 atau kegagalan Pihak Menuntut menghadiri siasatan dalaman ke atasnya pada 17.03.2014 dan 19.03.2014? 

Jika diteliti kepada surat notis siasatan dalaman bertarikh 13.03.2014, ia adalah berkaitan ketidakhadiran kursus di ibu pejabat pada 10.03.2014. 

Sementara dalam notis penamatan perkhidmatan, pembuangan kerja disebabkan syarikat menganggap Pihak Menuntut tidak berminat untuk bekerja di syarikat kerana gagal hadir siasatan dalaman."

MALAYSIA::Dry Spell: Provide Adequate Drinking Water Facilities For Workers, MTUC Urges Employers

Employers should ensure adequate drinking water facilities are available at convenient and visible locations for the benefit of workers during the current extreme hot weather resulting from the El Nino phenomenon.
In making this call, Malaysian Trades Union Congress deputy secretary-general A. Balasubramaniam said adequate water facilities would prevent health complications and ensure continued worker productivity.