Rights of migrant workers under Malaysian employment law

Labour migration is an important global issue that largely affects the labour market. Malaysia is among the popular destination countries for labour migration in Asia. The number of migrant workers that consist of documented and undocumented workers is increasing every year due to rapid economic...

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Main Authors:	Ab. Hamid, Zuraini, Abdul Shukor, Siti Fazilah, Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali
Format:	Article
Language:	English English English
Published:	Yijun Institute of International Law 2018
Subjects:	K Law (General) KPG Malaysia
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spelling	iium-683462019-07-15T02:03:38Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/68346/ Rights of migrant workers under Malaysian employment law Ab. Hamid, Zuraini Abdul Shukor, Siti Fazilah Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Labour migration is an important global issue that largely affects the labour market. Malaysia is among the popular destination countries for labour migration in Asia. The number of migrant workers that consist of documented and undocumented workers is increasing every year due to rapid economic development that captivates job seekers from undeveloped countries. In this regard, migrant workers frequently fall into the trap of unscrupulous employers who exploit them for their own interests. These employers do not pay their wages as promised and deny them their employment rights. This case is basically treated as ‘forced labour’ or ‘human trafficking’ by the Malaysian authority. This paper identifies the Malaysia’s legal framework of the employment of migrant workers. In addition, how to address the infringed rights of migrant workers is discussed in this paper. Although the framework deems comprehensive, it further recommends a stringent and fair law enforcement to combat exploitation towards migrant workers. Yijun Institute of International Law 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68346/1/68346_Rights%20of%20migrant%20workers.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68346/2/68346_Rights%20of%20migrant%20workers_SCOPUS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68346/3/68346_Rights%20of%20migrant%20workers_WOS.pdf Ab. Hamid, Zuraini and Abdul Shukor, Siti Fazilah and Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali (2018) Rights of migrant workers under Malaysian employment law. Journal of East Asia and International Law, 11 (2). pp. 359-374. ISSN 1976-9229 http://journal.yiil.org/home/archives_v11n2_05 10.14330/jeail.2018.11.2.05
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spellingShingle	K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Ab. Hamid, Zuraini Abdul Shukor, Siti Fazilah Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Rights of migrant workers under Malaysian employment law
description	Labour migration is an important global issue that largely affects the labour market. Malaysia is among the popular destination countries for labour migration in Asia. The number of migrant workers that consist of documented and undocumented workers is increasing every year due to rapid economic development that captivates job seekers from undeveloped countries. In this regard, migrant workers frequently fall into the trap of unscrupulous employers who exploit them for their own interests. These employers do not pay their wages as promised and deny them their employment rights. This case is basically treated as ‘forced labour’ or ‘human trafficking’ by the Malaysian authority. This paper identifies the Malaysia’s legal framework of the employment of migrant workers. In addition, how to address the infringed rights of migrant workers is discussed in this paper. Although the framework deems comprehensive, it further recommends a stringent and fair law enforcement to combat exploitation towards migrant workers.
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author	Ab. Hamid, Zuraini Abdul Shukor, Siti Fazilah Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali
author_facet	Ab. Hamid, Zuraini Abdul Shukor, Siti Fazilah Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali
author_sort	Ab. Hamid, Zuraini
title	Rights of migrant workers under Malaysian employment law
title_short	Rights of migrant workers under Malaysian employment law
title_full	Rights of migrant workers under Malaysian employment law
title_fullStr	Rights of migrant workers under Malaysian employment law
title_full_unstemmed	Rights of migrant workers under Malaysian employment law
title_sort	rights of migrant workers under malaysian employment law
publisher	Yijun Institute of International Law
publishDate	2018
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/68346/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/68346/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/68346/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/68346/1/68346_Rights%20of%20migrant%20workers.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/68346/2/68346_Rights%20of%20migrant%20workers_SCOPUS.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/68346/3/68346_Rights%20of%20migrant%20workers_WOS.pdf
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Rights of migrant workers under Malaysian employment law

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