Thursday, October 13, 2016

MENIPU CUTI SAKIT, SATU KESALAHAN ?

Mungkin ramai dikalangan kita yang tidak mengetahui tentang hukuman yang bakal dihadapi bagi kesalahan menggunakan sijil perakuan cuti sakit (MC) palsu.


Mengikut Seksyen 471 Kanun Keseksaan yang boleh dihukum mengikut Seksyen 468 Kanun Keseksaan memperuntukkan hukuman penjara sehingga tujuh tahun dan denda, jika sabit kesalahan.

Jadi, kepada sesiapa yang pernah melakukan pemalsuan ini diharap dapat menghentikannya segera. Sesal dikemudian hari tiada gunanya.
Sebarkan, mudah-mudahan dapat memberi peringatan bersama


MENIPU SAKIT, SATU KESALAHAN RASUAH?



Oleh: Mohamad Tarmize bin Abdul Manaf

Salah satu kesalahan di bawah Akta Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia 2009 (Akta SPRM 2009) adalah mengemukakan dokumen tuntutan palsu. Seksyen 18 akta itu menyatakan bahawa menjadi satu kesalahan apabila mana-mana orang mengemukakan dokumen tuntutan (contohnya, pesanan kerajaan, resit dan invoice) yang mempunyai butiran palsu dengan niat untuk menipu prinsipalnya (pejabat/majikan).

Contoh kepada kesalahan ini adalah, seorang kontraktor menuntut bayaran bagi projek yang sebenarnya tidak dibuat atau belum siap. Contoh kedua, seorang pembekal membuat tuntutan bagi 20 kamera DSLR yang kononnya telah dibekalkan. Hakikatnya, beliau hanya membekalkan 20 kamera digital yang harganya jauh lebih rendah.
Selain daripada itu, tahukah anda bahawa mengemukakan sijil saksi atau MC boleh menjadi kesalahan rasuah? Ia merupakan kesalahan di bawah kategori mengemukakan tuntutan palsu.
cuti sakit palsu
cuti sakit palsu
Mungkin anda tertanya-tanya bagaimana ia boleh termasuk dalam kesalahan tersebut? Ada juga yang secara sinis berkata, “Adakah terdapat kes sebenar yang berlaku? Atau sekadar teori akademik?”
Untuk menjawab soalan-soalan tersebut, mari kita bersama-sama menghayati satu kes otoriti yang melibatkan sijil sakit palsu iaitu Nadimuthu v. Public prosecutor (1972) 1 LNS 96.

Dalam kes ini, Nadimuthu yang bekerja di Malayan Railways (nama lama bagi Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad) telah mengemukakan dua sijil sakit yang diperoleh daripada Lum Dispensary seperti berikut:
  1. Sijil sakit bertarikh 5 Ogos 1968 yang memberi beliau cuti sakit sebanyak sehari; dan
  2. Sijil sakit bertarikh 7 Ogos 1968 yang memberi beliau cuti sakit sebanyak sehari;
Dalam kedua-dua sijil sakit tersebut, beliau dikatakan telah diperiksa oleh Dr. Lum Weng Song (MBBS Hong Kong) yang mengesahkan beliau tidak sihat dan tidak berupaya (unfit) untuk menjalankan tugas pada tarikh berkenaan. Beliau diberikan cuti sakit yang melayakkan beliau menerima gaji penuh.
Kedua-dua sijil sakit berkenaan didapati tidak benar kerana beliau tidak sakit pada tarikh-tarikh berkenaan. Nadimuthu dituduh di mahkamah di bawah seksyen 4(c) Akta Pencegahan Rasuah 1961. Peruntukan lama ini bolehlah disamakan dengan seksyen 18 Akta SPRM 2009.
Akhirnya, mahkamah mendapati Nadimuthu bersalah dan didenda $25 bagi setiap pertuduhan. Gaji dua hari yang dibayar semasa beliau ‘cuti sakit’ dibayar balik kepada Malayan Railways. Alasannya beliau telah ponteng kerja tanpa alasan.
Nadimuthu merayu dengan alasan sijil sakit tidak termasuk dalam maksud dalam 4(c) Akta Pencegahan Rasuah 1961.
Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi, Y.A Hakim Abdul Hamid telah mengekalkan sabitan dengan alasan berikut:
  1. Dokumen sijil sakit termasuk dalam tafsiran ’other document’ seksyen 4(c) Akta Pencegahan Rasuah 1961.
  2. Apabila Nadimuthu tidak hadir kerja dengan mengemukakan dua sijil sakit tersebut, sijil tersebut melayakkan beliau diberi dua hari cuti bergaji penuh.
  3. Sijil tersebut juga melayakkan beliau dibayar dua hari gaji oleh Malayan Railways.
  4. Faktor itu menjadikan sijil sakit adalah dokumen yang mempunyai nilai kewangan.
Diharap kes ini dapat memberi iktibar kepada masyarakat agar tidak memandang mudah kepada cuti sakit. Doktor dan pegawai perubatan juga perlu berwaspada agar tidak terlibat sekiranya ada ’pesakit’ yang tidak sakit memohon MC daripada anda.
Akhir sekali, laporkan sebarang jenayah rasuah. Anda boleh lakukan perubahan, perangi rasuah.







#KoreanStrike4Justice

#KoreanStrike4Justice In the third day of the KPTU TruckSol strike there have been more arrests. As of now, a total of 52 members have been arrested. One has been released and hositalised for treatment for injuries. Police have applied for detention warrants for 4 people so far and number my grow.


As TruckSol strike enters its second day police's violent suppression of protests and attempts at outreach to non-members is leading to clashes, dozens of arrests and injuries.

MKeep business-friendly policies, MEF urges govt

KUALA LUMPUR: SOME form of “damage control” for the local manufacturing industry is needed to withstand the current global volatility, said Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan. He said with the manufacturing sector expected to remain soft for the rest of the year, the industry stakeholders felt a soft cushioning policy was much needed. “What we need right now is for the policymakers to maintain policies that are friendly towards employers and business owners,” said Shamsuddin. 

He said for the past year, the manufacturing industry had been impacted by the weakening ringgit, rising cost of doing business, the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and mandatory increase in the minimum wage. The industry retrenched some 9,000 employees last year, which contributed to 24 per cent of the total. Apart from the common factors, manufacturing employers were also badly affected by the economic volatility in overseas markets like Europe, Japan and the Middle East.

Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) secretary-general N. Gopal Krishnam believes that there will be more retrenchments this year. “But whether it is better or worse than last year is yet to be determined as we do not have the data right now,” he said. “We are not denying that the situation in the manufacturing segment is challenging right now.” Gopal added that MTUC had received numerous complaints from various unions under its purview, claiming that companies had been offering voluntary separation or mandatory separation schemes and the ones let go were usually the locals. 

“We have asked the Human Resource Ministry to step in and conduct a proper study on those companies that are planning to conduct retrenchment,” he said. “We feel that with the government stepping in, we will have less of such abuse,” said Gopal, adding that production workers were the most affected. To this end, MTUC plans to submit its 2017 Budget wishlist to the government today. 

“It will have some 12 items on it. They include asking the government to lower the GST rate and also to look into the matter of undocumented workers and resolve it as urgently as possible as the matter is effecting the workers directly,” he said. The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) declined to comment but had stated recently that manufacturers were facing mounting pressures in the current challenging economic climate. “As manufacturers and exporters as well as importers, our members are facing mounting pressure to remain competitive,” said its president Tan Sri Saw Choo Boon last Tuesday. “In a trade-dependent economy like Malaysia, efficient and cost-effective trade infrastructure and best practices in trade facilitation is crucial in ensuring export competitiveness.” 

Saw also noted Malaysia’s lower rankings in the World Bank Doing Business for Trading Across Borders (which slipped to 49 from 48 out of 189 economies last year) and the World Bank Logistics Performance (which fell to 32nd from 25th out of 160 countries in 2014). He said lower rankings painted a bigger picture of the Malaysian state of economy rather than just the manufacturing sector under an economic siege. According to data provided by the Statistics Department, the manufacturing sector contributed RM626 billion last year, thus making it a key economic driver, which also accounted for half of Malaysia’s RM1.16 trillion economy and more than 80 per cent of RM780 billion total exports.  

source:::http://www.nst.com.my




MALAYSIA::MTUC vows to fight for six-hour work week after initial request rejected

The Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) has vowed to continue fighting for a six-hour work week, after its initial bid for the new working hour arrangements to the government was rejected.
MTUC secretary-general N. Gopal Krishnan said that the suggestion is not only intended for civil servants but all 14.2 million workers, including foreigners and private sector employees, Malay daily Berita Harian reported.
"The plan was already submitted to the government two years ago. It was made after we researched the implementation of the said working hours in several European nations and Scandinavia.
"Other countries in this region such as Thailand and Vietnam also practise the system. Though may developed countries opt for the six-hour work schedule, it did not deter their productivity," he was quoted saying.
Gopal reportedly told the daily that MTUC would be meeting with the Human Resource Ministry again to table the union's suggestion.
Gopal said that a six-hour work week would reduce medical leave days, apart from stimulating productivity.
On October 5, MTUC reiterated its demands for Malaysia to move to a six-hour work day following the introduction of the policy in Sweden.
Local daily Harian Metro reported today MTUC president Mohd Khalid Atan as saying that the change in work hours was crucial for employee health in Malaysia.
Yesterday, Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa said existing working hours for civil servants will remain, amid a proposal to introduce six-hour work days for the civil service.
He said the proposal from the Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Service (Cuepacs) had been studied and found to be detrimental to the civil service.
In Sweden, companies ranging from startups to retirement homes have been experimenting with a six-hour work day policy in recent years.
However, recent reports say the majority of companies in the Scandinavian country are still practicing the typical 40-hour work week.
Gopal said that a six-hour work week would reduce medical leave days, apart from stimulating productivity. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Gopal said that a six-hour work week would reduce medical leave days, apart from stimulating productivity. — Picture by Choo Choy May