Protection of migrant workers in Malaysia

As human beings, migrant workers deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. The bitter truth, however, is that migrant workers around the world are exploited at the hands of their employers who most likely view them with xenophobic eyes, who mistreat them, deny them minimum labour standards and...

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Main Authors:	Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali, Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig, Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The Malaysian Current Law Journal Sdn Bhd 2016
Subjects:	HD4801 Labor. Work. Working class K Law (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/50314/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/50314/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/50314/1/Ashgar_Naqib_migrant_workers.pdf

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spelling	iium-503142017-10-19T08:05:41Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/50314/ Protection of migrant workers in Malaysia Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib HD4801 Labor. Work. Working class K Law (General) As human beings, migrant workers deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. The bitter truth, however, is that migrant workers around the world are exploited at the hands of their employers who most likely view them with xenophobic eyes, who mistreat them, deny them minimum labour standards and subject them to human rights violations including forced labour. It is not uncommon to hear inhumane treatment towards these migrant workers, male and female alike. Some of them are abused, deprived of proper accommodation and even food and treated very poorly. A good employer is all the migrant workers need to make their ends meet. A bad employer would spell for him/her ‘hell on earth’. Unfortunately, Malaysia has its fair share of ‘hell on earth’ cases involving migrant workers like the recent case involving an Indian couple. Hence, this article discusses the protection of migrant workers with reference to the law and practice in Malaysia. The Malaysian Current Law Journal Sdn Bhd 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/50314/1/Ashgar_Naqib_migrant_workers.pdf Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali and Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig and Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib (2016) Protection of migrant workers in Malaysia. Industrial Law Reports, 1. i-xvi. ISSN 0127-3051 http://www.cljlaw.com/
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spellingShingle	HD4801 Labor. Work. Working class K Law (General) Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib Protection of migrant workers in Malaysia
description	As human beings, migrant workers deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. The bitter truth, however, is that migrant workers around the world are exploited at the hands of their employers who most likely view them with xenophobic eyes, who mistreat them, deny them minimum labour standards and subject them to human rights violations including forced labour. It is not uncommon to hear inhumane treatment towards these migrant workers, male and female alike. Some of them are abused, deprived of proper accommodation and even food and treated very poorly. A good employer is all the migrant workers need to make their ends meet. A bad employer would spell for him/her ‘hell on earth’. Unfortunately, Malaysia has its fair share of ‘hell on earth’ cases involving migrant workers like the recent case involving an Indian couple. Hence, this article discusses the protection of migrant workers with reference to the law and practice in Malaysia.
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author	Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib
author_facet	Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib
author_sort	Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali
title	Protection of migrant workers in Malaysia
title_short	Protection of migrant workers in Malaysia
title_full	Protection of migrant workers in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Protection of migrant workers in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Protection of migrant workers in Malaysia
title_sort	protection of migrant workers in malaysia
publisher	The Malaysian Current Law Journal Sdn Bhd
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/50314/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/50314/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/50314/1/Ashgar_Naqib_migrant_workers.pdf
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Protection of migrant workers in Malaysia

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