
News by Country: Malaysia
8 January 2021
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Malaysia sees
more protection for workers’ rights take effect in January
(HRM, 7 January 2021)
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Employers to
bear full cost to immunise foreign workers from Covid-19
(Malay Mail, 6 January 2021)
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All foreign
workers In Malaysia must be screened for COVID-19 starting Jan 1
(HRM Asia, 31 December 2020)
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Migrant workers
at Top Glove on the edge (Focus Malaysia, 28 December
2020)
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Malaysian glove
maker denies its workers are living in shipping containers
(Reuters, 21 December 2020)
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Malaysia faces
coronavirus outbreak among health workers as active cases hit all-time high
(Straits Times, 18 December 2020)
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Migrant workers
not getting right medical attention (FMT News, 15 December 2020)
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Manufacturers:
New rules on hiring migrant workers too rigid, costly (Focus Malaysia, 14 December
2020)
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Malaysia's Top
Glove fired whistleblower before virus outbreak (Reuters, 13 December 2020)
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Malaysia to
legalise migrant workers from 15 countries (The
Phnom Penh Post, 9 December 2020)
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Top Glove profit
soars 2,030% to $781 million on Covid-19 demand (Straits Times, 9 December
2020)
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49 Migrant
Workers in Malaysia died by suicide due to pandemic related pressure this year (FMT, 4 December 2020)
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Malaysia's
industries in shock over stiff govt fine on poor migrant lodgings (The Straits Times, 29
November 2020)
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Malaysia imposes
mandatory Covid screening for 1.7m foreign workers (The New Paper, 27 November
2020)
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World's top
surgical glove maker shuts factories due to coronavirus (The Daily Star, 27 November
2020)
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Malaysia begins
screening 1.7 million workers for COVID-19 after factory cases (Yahoo News, 26 November
2020)
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One-off aid
extended to all front liners
(FMT, 26 November 2020)
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Workers groups
grateful for extended wage subsidies under Kita Prihatin (FMT News, 20 November 2020)
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Wristbands will
just further stigmatise migrant workers (FMT News, 19 November 2020)
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Malaysia's Top
Glove workers put under tighter COVID-19 restriction (CNA, 16 November 2020)
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Stemming
retirement crisis harder if contributors keep tapping into EPF savings, warn
MTUC and financial planners
(Malay Mail, 13 November 2020)
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Industries eager
to see govt labour initiative take off (The
Star, 13 November 2020)
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Malaysia May Not
Return To Normal Until End 2021: Subang MP (Code Blue, 13 November 2020)
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Malaysia plans
extra S$6.5 billion for special Covid-19 fund (Straits Times, 7 November
2020)
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Undocumented
Workers: Malaysia mulls temp work permits (The Daily Star, 6 November
2020)
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Neglect of
migrant workers could hurt Malaysia’s economic recover (CNBC, 4 November 2020)
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Stranded
Bangladeshi workers ask Dhaka to help them return to Malaysia (FMT, 3 November 2020)
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Malaysia's
health workers suffering from high stress, exhaustion (The New Paper, 30 October
2020)
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RM300 aid for
each tourism worker
(Daily Express, 30 October 2020)
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Union questions
Malindo’s latest retrenchment exercise (FMT News, 29 October 2020)
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Budget 2021:
Expert calls for training funds to help workers retrenched during Covid-19
pandemic (Malay
Mail, 27 October 2020)
· Trade unions: Govt’s
‘constantly-changing’ CMCO work-from-home order confusing, smacks of double
standards (Malay
Mail, 22 October 2020)
· Covid-19 economic blues heighten
fears of job security and unemployment among Malaysian workers (Malay Mail, 22 October 2020)
· Malaysia allows 10% of workers
under Covid-19 lockdown to work in office (Straits Times, 21 October 2020)
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Sarawak arrests undocumented migrants
over Covid-19 fears
(Malay Mail, 16 October 2020)
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CMCO adds pressure on stressed migrants (FMT News, 14 October 2020)
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500 Indonesian migrant workers deported
from Malaysia
(Antara News, 11 October 2020)
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Malaysia's Top Glove raises remediation
payment to migrant workers
(Reuters, 6 October 2020)
· Focus on Covid-19 challenge, stop
blaming undocumented migrants — Agora Society Malaysia (Malay Mail, 5 October 2020)
· Singaporeans with homes in
Malaysia in limbo due to Covid-19 border restrictions, some paying double the
living costs (Malay
Mail, 4 October 2020)