Labour reforms herald earnings boost for migrant workers in Malaysia

Pete Pattisson |Friday 6 January 2017 The Guardian Series of measures including ban on employers deducting a foreign workers’ levy seen as laying groundwork for Malaysia to join Trans-Pacific Partnership Millions of foreign migrant workers in Malaysia are to receive a significant increase in their salaries after the government barred employers from deducting a foreign […]

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Why must we pay more?

By Syed Mansur Hashim The Daily Star  / 27 December 2016 Back in April 2015, the World Bank (WB) released a Migration and Development Brief where it was found that Bangladeshi migrants pay the highest recruitment costs worldwide. According to WB data, worker-paid-recruitment costs averaged USD 1,955 in Kuwait with Bangladeshis paying anywhere between USD

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Samsung and Panasonic accused over supply chain labour abuses in Malaysia

By Pete Pattisson The Guardian, Monday 21 November 2016 Samsung and Panasonic, two of the world’s leading electronics brands, are facing allegations that workers in their supply chains are being duped, exploited and underpaid in Malaysia. The two companies have launched investigations into allegations of abuse made by Nepalese workers after a Guardian investigation raised

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Workers for McDonald’s in Malaysia say they were victims of labour exploitation

Pete Pattisson in Kuala Lumpur | 28 November 2016 The Guardian Migrant workers employed through labour supply firm allege they were deceived about wages, cheated of payments and had passports confiscated unlawfully Workers at McDonald’s restaurants in Malaysia claim they earned as little as 60p an hour and were cheated out of months of salary,

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