Critical analysis on the children and young person employment act 1966 and the education act 1996 in relation to causes and effect of child labour in Malaysia

It is observed that the phenomena of working children is a long standing issue in most under-developed and developing countries of the world and the number increases each year in the light of challenging domestic social and economic conditions. Most of the working children normally worked informally...

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Main Authors:	Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal, Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum, Mohamed, Azizah, Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	Global Academy of Training & Research (GATR) Enterprise 2015
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General) KBP Islamic Law
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/47078/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/47078/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/47078/1/Final_Draft_Full_paper_KL_Conference.docx http://irep.iium.edu.my/47078/2/Final_Proceeding_3rd_GCBSS.pdf

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spelling	iium-470782019-07-03T08:12:44Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/47078/ Critical analysis on the children and young person employment act 1966 and the education act 1996 in relation to causes and effect of child labour in Malaysia Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum Mohamed, Azizah Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali H Social Sciences (General) KBP Islamic Law It is observed that the phenomena of working children is a long standing issue in most under-developed and developing countries of the world and the number increases each year in the light of challenging domestic social and economic conditions. Most of the working children normally worked informally helping their parents either in the family food businesses, night markets, and small-scale industries. The question is whether the relevant law has a special exemption to allow children to work and to what extent the law accommodates scenarios obtained from the empirical study for the purpose of this research? A survey was conducted among others, to examine the reason children goes to work instead of pursuing an education. The survey involved interviewing through a set questionnaire 557 working children in six states in Malaysia. Based on the survey, the Children and Young Person Employment Act 1966 is critically reviewed to evaluate the scope of protections for working children in Malaysia. Based on the empirical analysis, it is found that the majority of the working children in Malaysia worked to help their family economically and they are not happy with their current job. The children in this context reported that they regretted for not attending school as their have to work to help their family. In addition, by adopting content analysis on the current act, this research discovers that due to lack of efficient implementation of existing legal regimes, especially the Education Act 1996 to deal with issue pertaining to children not attending schools. This research concludes that effective implementation of all legislation dealing with working children and their compulsory education may have a positive impact on overall child labor management in Malaysia. Type of Paper: Empirical Paper Keywords: Child Labour, Malaysia, Children and Young Person Employment Act 1966, Education Act 1996 Global Academy of Training & Research (GATR) Enterprise 2015-12-16 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47078/1/Final_Draft_Full_paper_KL_Conference.docx application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47078/2/Final_Proceeding_3rd_GCBSS.pdf Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal and Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum and Mohamed, Azizah and Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali (2015) Critical analysis on the children and young person employment act 1966 and the education act 1996 in relation to causes and effect of child labour in Malaysia. In: 3rd Global Conference on Business and Social Science, 16 and 17 December 2015, Kuala Lumpur. http://www.gcbss.org
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spellingShingle	H Social Sciences (General) KBP Islamic Law Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum Mohamed, Azizah Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Critical analysis on the children and young person employment act 1966 and the education act 1996 in relation to causes and effect of child labour in Malaysia
description	It is observed that the phenomena of working children is a long standing issue in most under-developed and developing countries of the world and the number increases each year in the light of challenging domestic social and economic conditions. Most of the working children normally worked informally helping their parents either in the family food businesses, night markets, and small-scale industries. The question is whether the relevant law has a special exemption to allow children to work and to what extent the law accommodates scenarios obtained from the empirical study for the purpose of this research? A survey was conducted among others, to examine the reason children goes to work instead of pursuing an education. The survey involved interviewing through a set questionnaire 557 working children in six states in Malaysia. Based on the survey, the Children and Young Person Employment Act 1966 is critically reviewed to evaluate the scope of protections for working children in Malaysia. Based on the empirical analysis, it is found that the majority of the working children in Malaysia worked to help their family economically and they are not happy with their current job. The children in this context reported that they regretted for not attending school as their have to work to help their family. In addition, by adopting content analysis on the current act, this research discovers that due to lack of efficient implementation of existing legal regimes, especially the Education Act 1996 to deal with issue pertaining to children not attending schools. This research concludes that effective implementation of all legislation dealing with working children and their compulsory education may have a positive impact on overall child labor management in Malaysia. Type of Paper: Empirical Paper Keywords: Child Labour, Malaysia, Children and Young Person Employment Act 1966, Education Act 1996
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum Mohamed, Azizah Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali
author_facet	Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum Mohamed, Azizah Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali
author_sort	Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal
title	Critical analysis on the children and young person employment act 1966 and the education act 1996 in relation to causes and effect of child labour in Malaysia
title_short	Critical analysis on the children and young person employment act 1966 and the education act 1996 in relation to causes and effect of child labour in Malaysia
title_full	Critical analysis on the children and young person employment act 1966 and the education act 1996 in relation to causes and effect of child labour in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Critical analysis on the children and young person employment act 1966 and the education act 1996 in relation to causes and effect of child labour in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Critical analysis on the children and young person employment act 1966 and the education act 1996 in relation to causes and effect of child labour in Malaysia
title_sort	critical analysis on the children and young person employment act 1966 and the education act 1996 in relation to causes and effect of child labour in malaysia
publisher	Global Academy of Training & Research (GATR) Enterprise
publishDate	2015
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/47078/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/47078/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/47078/1/Final_Draft_Full_paper_KL_Conference.docx http://irep.iium.edu.my/47078/2/Final_Proceeding_3rd_GCBSS.pdf
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Critical analysis on the children and young person employment act 1966 and the education act 1996 in relation to causes and effect of child labour in Malaysia

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