PUTRAJAYA, Feb 27 — The Social Security Organisation (Socso) is committed to ensuring that all of its 54 offices nationwide are ready to implement government initiatives under Budget 2023, in strengthening the country's social protection and empowering the local labour market.

ALOR GAJAH, Sept 25 — A group of foreign factory workers went through anxious moments when the bus they were travelling in went down a ravine after its brakes failed in an incident in Jalan Simpang Gading-Kesang Pajak, near here last night.

JAKARTA, Sept 14 — The National Board for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Overseas Workers (BP2MI) will send 2,686 workers to South Korea, Malaysia and Taiwan.

SINGAPORE, Aug 19 — Singapore's main food delivery platforms said on Thursday they had formed an association to draft industry guidelines for the welfare of their workers, an unprecedented partnership that comes amid heightened concern for the wellbeing of gig workers.

JOHOR BAHRU, June 14 — A team from the Johor Occupational Safety and Health Department (DOSH) has already commenced investigations into yesterday’s incident in which two men who were carrying out maintenance work at the Sultan Ibrahim Stadium in Iskandar Puteri fell to their death.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 — Three months ago, a video that went viral on social media showed a group of high-rise building maintenance workers stuck in a gondola that was hit by strong winds and swayed violently in mid-air amid stormy weather.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 — Ten former workers from Dyson's biggest parts supplier, ATA IMS, is claiming compensation from the home appliance maker over poor working and living conditions at ATA factories, a law firm representing them said on Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 19 — Employers in the private sector are encouraged to provide emergency leave to workers who are affected by the floods.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 6 — A total of 48,381 workers in the retail sector has been fully vaccinated through the Retail Industry Vaccination (RiVAC) Programme.

By Norrasyidah Arshad BANGI, Aug 17 — The decision to participate in the Selangor Vaccination Programme (Selvax) has made it possible for a construction company in Selangor to allow its employees to resume work soon and fully operate. Nadi Cergas Sdn Bhd employee W Lechumanan, 43, said the...

SHAH ALAM, July 14 — Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Alhaj has instructed that the vaccination of factory workers be expedited since there are many factories and industries in the state, as well as to break the chain of Covid-19 infection and achieve herd immunity.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 — The second day of the compliance operation (Ops Patuh) saw several people mostly premises owners, workers and customers issued compound notices for failing to comply with the standard operating procedures (SOP) of Phase One movement control under the National Recovery Plan.

PUTRAJAYA, July 2 — Only workers in essential services are allowed to leave their homes in enhanced movement control order (EMCO) areas to go to work when the EMCO is in force, said Human Resource Minister Datuk Seri M Saravanan.

SHAH ALAM, June 30 — The Selangor government has allocated two million Covid-19 doses for the industrial sector under the Selangor Vaccination Programme (Selvax) initiative.

HANOI, June 17 — Australia is looking to recruit Southeast Asian farmworkers as the pandemic and a new free-trade deal with the UK exacerbates labour shortages in the nation’s AUD66 billion (US$51 billion or RM210.9 billion)-a-year agriculture industry, reported VNA.

PETALING JAYA, June 16 — Two Indonesian men were jailed for 20 days each by the Magistrate's Court here today for violating the movement control order (MCO) to curb the spread of Covid-19 by working at a snooker centre.

SUNGAI PETANI, June 12 — A total of 745 investigation papers were opened against employers who committed various offences under the Workers' Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act 1990 (Act 446) between February and June 8 this year, said Deputy Human Resource Minister Datuk Awang Hashim.

YAN, May 8 — The Human Resources Ministry has received 49 complaints on various labour-related issues via the Working For Workers (WFW) application since it was launched on Monday.

By Mustakim Ramli SHAH ALAM, April 23 — Manufacturing and construction sector workers will be charged to receive vaccines purchased by the Selangor government. Selangor Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari said the charges rate will be at minimum or cost price to cover for the purchase of...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 — All North Koreans who are still in Malaysia are participants of the ‘Malaysia My Second Home’ (MM2H) programme, whose movements have been identified, says Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador.