On the issue of human trafficking, Hishammuddin said the Australian ministers pointed out that Malaysia was seen as both a transit point and destination for human trafficking. “Not many countries have this double category,” said Hishammuddin in jest, but on a more serious note said he was mobilising all available resources to combat human trafficking.… [Read more…]
June 22, 2009
My piece for the Sun from the Foreign Labour Issues discussion on 16th June 2009.
May 14, 2009
via uk.news.yahoo.com It happens everywhere, even in the UK! Posted via web from Potted Plot
May 3, 2009
Finally, I wrote something for Global Voices in 2009! In early 2009, Malaysia had the dubious privilege of being investigated by the US senate for the trafficking of humans. News reports stated that the migrants involved were mostly from Myanmar, but other foreigners were also allegedly taken by the government officials to the Malaysian-Thai border, where they… [Read more…]
April 15, 2009
My most recent writing on foreign domestic workers, published in the Sun April 15th, 2009. "Now, the process to hire a domestic worker begins the day after a couple conceives. Things have become so easy for us in this regard that children appear to be brought up more by domestic workers than the parents themselves."
March 25, 2009
My recent opinion piece for the Micah Mandate on domestic workers in Malaysia.
March 18, 2009
My contribution to the Sun on retrenchment and recession for March 2009.
March 11, 2009
The Home Ministry wanted 70,000 Bangladeshi workers to come into Malaysia. The HR Ministry says foreign workers must be the first to be laid off / retrenched. Why, Home Minister? Why labour outsourcing companies?
January 5, 2009
Of the four dimensions, public listed companies had the best score for CSR at the workplace in the Bursa Malaysia’s “Corporate Social Responsibility in Malaysia 2007 Status Report“. The CSR Digest conducted an email interview with Human Resources Management (HRM) guru, Maimunah Aminuddin. Puan Maimunah served in Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) for 34 years. She began her career… [Read more…]
November 7, 2008
The good news is, the usual visitor pass is unaffected by the United Kingdom’s proposal to make it necessary for Malaysians to get visas. The bad news is (I think) that visas are necessary for visits longer than six months. Hold on a second, isn’t that the case anyway? Unfortunately, this new British proposal has… [Read more…]
November 4, 2008
Apparently, there is concern that Malaysians working abroad, feeling the pinch of the economic downturn worldwide, will soon flood the already-saturated Malaysian market.To make matters worse, we have foreigners and ‘illegals’ here in the country. It is said that 252,600 new jobs created in the country each year almost 45% went to foreigners. Odd, considering… [Read more…]
October 15, 2008
Employment and labour ministers from 45 countries in Europe and Asia will meet to discuss the social dimension of globalisation and global employment issues from 14th to 16th October. This is the second Asia-Europe (ASEM) Labour and Employment Ministers Meeting, this time held in Bali, Indonesia. The talk is set to contribute to broader cooperation… [Read more…]
October 10, 2008
There’s no doubt about it, human trafficking is the contemporary version of slave trade. The deprivation of liberty, the forced labour, it’s kidnap, it’s despicable, and it’s one of the biggest form of international trade in the world. NST reports: Lured to Singapore with promises of well-paid maid jobs, the five women escaped when they… [Read more…]
October 6, 2008
Jobs are vanishing at the fastest pace in more than five years with pink slips likely to keep stacking higher in the months ahead, an urgent signal the country may be careening toward a deep and painful recession just as Americans prepare to elect a new president. Whether that’s Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John… [Read more…]
September 30, 2008
The biggest break-through in improved employment conditions for ministers in the Church of England since the Reformation nearly 500 years ago is on the cards, says Unite. Unite, the UK’s largest trade union, said that the Church of England has conceded for the first time that its ministers are employed by the Church – and… [Read more…]
August 13, 2009
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