KUALA LUMPUR: Employers discovered to have ill-treated or taken benefit of their foreign domestic helpers will be blacklisted and prevented from hiring any others in future.
Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan (pic) mentioned the ministry wouldn’t compromise if any employer is discovered responsible of abuses, together with not paying their maid’s wage.
“Although there have been remoted circumstances of employers ill-treating domestic helpers, these have tarnished the nation’s picture and good identify just like the case reported by a information portal of an Indonesian domestic helper who was not paid a wage after serving her employer for 12 years.
“This has additionally affected the federal government’s effort to conclude the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on hiring domestic helpers from supply nations similar to Indonesia and Cambodia.
“Issues like this have additionally resulted within the MoU with the Indonesian authorities to not be renewed since 2016,” he mentioned in an announcement Wednesday (Feb 23).
Saravanan mentioned though foreign domestic helpers have been categorised as employees within the casual sector, they’d rights as employees and their welfare ought to be protected.
“In truth, the employment contract for foreign domestic employees additionally outlines the tasks of the employers who rent them,” he added.
Up to Jan 31, the entire variety of foreign employees within the nation stood at 1,157,481 with 86,084 of them being domestic helpers.
The majority of domestic helpers (59,605) are from Indonesia, adopted by the Philippines (22,803), Vietnam (1,031) and Cambodia (976), amongst different nations.
Saravanan mentioned his ministry and the Home Ministry would proceed to work carefully with the Manpower Department of Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak, in addition to the Immigration Department, in tackling points involving foreign domestic helpers. – Bernama
