MIGRANTS AND RIGHTS IN MALAYSIA
- More Important Than Rights is the Access to Justice - by Charles Hector, 7/4/2006.
The article looks at the situation of Migrants and their rights under the
Malaysian Constitution, Employment Laws, Criminal Procedure Code and other laws.
It also highlights come of the successes and also the paths that may be taken to
ensure greater justice and human rights.
RELA'S CATCH A MIGRANT AND GET PAID FOR IT POLICY MUST END - PROFESSIONAL LAW ENFORCERS MUST REPLACE VOLUNTEERS- by Charles Hector (22/1/2007). This article looks at the origins of RELA, the Volunteer Corp, that the Malaysian government as of late been giving more and more powers, and protection from liability of wrongs they do. The RELA has been unleashed on the migrants and other Malaysians, and is an EVIL that must be put down.
TIME FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS TO BE GUARANTEED BASIC WORKER RIGHTS- by Charles Hector (1/5/2006) looks at rights for the 320,000 migrant domestic workers.
Domestic Work is recognized by the Employment Laws in Malaysia, which sadly
remove and deprive domestic workers (and certain other categories of workers) of
the basic worker rights that is accorded workers generally.
AI Report Migrants- Malaysia: Human rights at risk in mass deportation of undocumented migrants - Dec 2004 (Part 1)
AI Report Migrants 2- Malaysia: Human rights at risk in mass deportation of undocumented migrants - Dec 2004 (Part 2)
Malaysian Trade Union Congress(MTUC) on Migrant Workers- RESOLUTIONS of the MTUC CONFERENCE on MIGRANT WORKERS,
April 18-19,2005, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
The Bangkok Declaration on Irregular Migration- Declaration of the Ministers and representatives of the Governments of Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam, as well as the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region made on 23 April 1999 in Bangkok, Thailand
Migrant Convention Ratification StatusThe 1990 International Convention
On the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers
and Members of their Families - status as of June 2005 (This page also contain links to UN Conventions and ILO Conventions that relate to migrant workers)
ADDITIONAL WORKER EDUCATION RESOURCES
WORKER RIGHTS IN MALAYSIA - BASIC Q & A
Workmen Compensation Act 1952 - Brief Notes - Workmen Compensation Act 1952. Today, this covers migrant workers as local workers since 1992 are now covered by the SOCSO Act 1969. Employers also expected to insure the workers under Workmen’ Compensation (Foreign Workers Compensation Scheme) (Insurance) Order 2005.
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION (FOREIGN WORKERS' COMPENSATION SCHEME)(INSURANCE) ORDER 2005
PU(A) 45/2005