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Ibrahim, N. A., and R. Said. "The Implementation of the National Minimum Wages in Malaysia." Journal of Economics, Business and Management 3, no. 1 (2015): 125–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.7763/joebm.2015.v3.167.
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Nayagam, James. "Migrant Labor Absorption in Malaysia." Asian and Pacific Migration Journal 1, no. 3-4 (September 1992): 477–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/011719689200100303.
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Malaysia's labor shortages can be attributed to rapid industrialization; higher educational attainment leading to external and internal migration and labor shortages; and poor wages and working conditions in plantations, the construction industry and the service sector. Such shortages have been met largely through the use of illegal migrant workers from Indonesia, south Thailand and the southern Philippines. Implementation of the government's plan for economic restructuring, 1971–1990, was assisted by such workers; however, the government has also recognized the socioeconomic problems engendered by illegal migration. Policies to facilitate temporary labor migration in key sectors are being developed.
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Iridianathan, Caroline Maria A/P, Walton Wider, Meor Rashydan Abdullah, Toong Hai Sam, Asokan Vasudevan, and Siti Nurbaayah Daud. "Employee Satisfaction in the Telecommunications Industry in Malaysia." International Journal of Management and Sustainability 11, no. 3 (October 10, 2022): 191–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.18488/11.v11i3.3161.
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Following the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a decline in employee satisfaction. It would appear that ensuring the contentment of one's workforce in their place of employment is the most significant obstacle that companies must overcome. Therefore, this study examined the effects of wages and welfare, relations with superiors, and learning and development on employee satisfaction in Malaysia. The study employed a cross-sectional design, and the research instruments were adapted from several prior studies. Employees working for a telecommunications company in Malaysia completed a total of 162 questionnaires online. The research hypotheses were analysed using SPSS Version 26.0. The findings show that although relations with superiors had a significant positive effect on employee satisfaction, learning and development had an even stronger positive effect. On the other hand, wages and welfare did not display a significant effect on employee satisfaction. This study makes a unique contribution to theoretical understanding by investigating these factors in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic as intrinsic and extrinsic components impacting employee satisfaction. Additionally, this research gives corporate organisations vital insights to ensure they can maintain a competitive edge in their industry.
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Vally Senasi, Samihah Khalil @ Halim, and Balakrishnan Parasuraman. "Minimum Wage Policy: Is There Any Impact on Low Skilled Workers in Electrical and Electronics Companies in Malaysia?" International Journal of Business and Society 22, no. 1 (March 24, 2021): 422–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.33736/ijbs.3186.2021.
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Wage are the greatest pushing factor for many workers to work and positively relates to employee life satisfaction. Meanwhile, fringe benefits improve the skills and knowledge of workers and enhance the organization’s reputation. Minimum wage policies around the world uphold the principle to provide a basic living wage for their workers. Nevertheless, the impact of national minimum wage policy on Malaysian employees, in particular, was the least explored since enacted into law in 2012. This study examines the minimum- wage impact on low-level skilled workers in the electrical and electronics industry in Malaysia. Minimum wage can have an effect on labor productivity and fringe benefits, particularly training, allowances, and insurance, have become important research topics. As such, this research discusses the effect of minimum wages on labor productivity and fringe benefits of employees. A semi-structured survey questionnaire was distributed to 600 employees in electrical and electronics firms in Penang and Kulim Industrial Zones. Data from 432 questionnaires were quantitatively analyzed using Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA). The findings suggest that employers should make some adjustments in administering the wage scale due to the implementation of minimum wage national policy that has impacted firms’ costs and incomes. The results also found that the minimum wage affects labor productivity and wage differences among workers. Meanwhile, the minimum wage does not adversely affect the adjustments to the fringe benefits, except for the provision of training. This study recommends more strategic plans and negotiations between stakeholders on wage and fringe benefits that would warrant continuous positive effects for both workers and employers.
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Roslan, Mohd Firdaus, Noor Syazwani Ishak, and Khairul Hafezad Abdullah. "Promotion Analysis of General Staff at a Private University in Malaysia." Journal of Metrics Studies and Social Science 1, no. 1 (June 22, 2022): 11–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.56916/jmsss.v1i1.59.
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This study is aimed to investigate the perspectives of general staff at a private university pertinent to the increment of compensation and the current circumstances of their salaries. This study employed a survey-based approach with questionnaires to collect data concerning promotions among general university staff at a private university in the Klang Valley. The analysis revealed that 68.9 per cent, or 102 general staff, have not yet been promoted, while 36.5 per cent, or 54 general staff employees, have attained their maximum wages. The results indicated that the promotion of staff to a certain level of position in the organisation is deemed essential. Thus, this study suggests that an organisation, specifically a private university, must re-examine promotion and wage structures. The human resource department should apply the most appropriate improvement strategies aligned with its vision and mission. This is necessary to combat the destructive perceptions of employees toward the organisation.
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Said, Rusmawati, Kamarul Hidayah Abdul Hamid, and Nursyazwani Mazlan. "How Does Immigration Affect Wages and the Unemployment Rate in Malaysia? A Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Approach." Asian Social Science 16, no. 11 (October 31, 2020): 100. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ass.v16n11p100.
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Malaysia had approximately 2 million migrants in 2018, and this number was increasing dramatically by 25 percent in 2019. Parallels with the aims of country policy to reduce migrant workers' dependency in 2020, managing the workers needs to be clarified. At the same time, the country still needs to keep them for specific sectors. These issues motivate us to analyze the migrant worker's requirements at different levels of skills and wages. Using Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modeling, at four-level nested CES production function, this study found high skilled migrants will harm wages for the high skilled and skilled groups while the opposite effect was observed for the semiskilled and low-skilled groups. However, when the migrant stock increases slightly below 1 percent, it will reduce the wages for semiskilled workers due to substitution effects. This study also found that the influx of low-skilled migrant workers will reduce salaries for semiskilled and low-skilled workers. The analysis also indicates that a small rise in high skilled immigrant labour will reduce the unemployment rate; likewise, increasing more than 4 percent will increase the unemployment rate. The results provide the policymaker guidelines to employ foreign workers' best skills to control the inequality of wages among skilled and low-skilled workers.
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Hussin, Hanafi, and Abdullah Khoso. "Migrant Workers in the Seaweed Sector in Sabah, Malaysia." SAGE Open 11, no. 3 (July 2021): 215824402110475. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21582440211047586.
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This article uses the content analysis (CA) to examine the secondary data on the migrant workers in the seaweed sector in Sabah, Malaysia, and analyzed the migrant workers’ contributions to the sector and kinds of socio-cultural, economic, and legal challenges they faced. Through online academic publication searching, six academic papers and reports, and three media news stories about the migrant workers in the seaweed sector in Malaysia were found. In these articles and new stories, three major themes were identified: the number of migrant workers, their contribution to the seaweed sector, and the problems and challenges they faced. Under theme three, the subthemes included stereotypes, threats, risks, poverty, wages, and exploitation. The article found that migrant workers produced most of the seaweed in different regions in Sabah, Malaysia. However, the authorities do not directly recognize the contribution of migrant workers, as most workers in the seaweed sector are undocumented. The stateless status of most migrant workers has jeopardized the workers in the sector and provided power to the middlemen to exploit them. Stereotypes concerning migrant workers—low daily wages and low production rates—are significant issues and problems in their lives, which together exacerbate their economic and social misery and vulnerability. Although occupational health and safety are a prime concern in seaweed farming, no details were found concerning the health and safety of the migrant workers in the sector. Cumulatively, these factors (challenges to the migrant workers) may decrease the quantity and inferior quality of seaweed in Malaysia.
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Tang, Chor Foon. "The effect of real wages and inflation on labour productivity in Malaysia." International Review of Applied Economics 28, no. 3 (January 27, 2014): 311–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02692171.2013.872084.
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Chin, Low Choo. "A Strategy of Attrition through Enforcement: The Unmaking of Irregular Migration in Malaysia." Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs 36, no. 2 (August 2017): 101–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/186810341703600204.
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This article reviews Malaysia's attempt to achieve zero migration irregularity by focusing on workplace enforcement, and examines how Malaysia's migration control has become a struggle between the state and employers. Applying the framework of “enforcement through attrition,” this research examines three newly introduced principles governing workplace enforcement: employer sanctions, the Strict Liability Principle, and the Employers’ Mandatory Commitment. The shift to employers in Malaysia's attrition landscape aims to control illegal employment, thereby frustrating the friendly environment to affect migrants’ behaviour. The Malaysian experience suggests that increasing legal consequences for employers hiring undocumented workers runs parallel with making them accountable for the welfare of their foreign workers, thus ensuring better protection of migrant rights. Drawing upon data from semi-structured interviews, government documents, regulations and online news media, this paper empirically analyses the new policy's effects and implications. The findings suggest this deterrence model has a positive effect on the existing documented migrants, demonstrating an increase in both legal employment and in wages for the existing legal migrant workforce.
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Sasana, Hadi, and Salman Fathoni. "Determinant of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in Asean Countries." JEJAK 12, no. 2 (September 22, 2019): 253–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.15294/jejak.v12i2.18785.
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) believed to be one of the instruments to reduce gap between the rich and the poor countries has considered Asian countries destination, including ASEAN Region. The aim of this study was to analyze factors affecting FDI in ASEAN countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam) during 2007-2016. The method used to analyze the data was multiple linear regression. The results indicated that market size, government integrity, and infrastructure quality positively affected FDI; wages and exchange rates negatively affected FDI; while, economic crisis had negative effect only in Malaysia. Meanwhile, economic openness, tax rate, and interest rate did not affect FDI inflow in ASEAN countries.
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Tan, Khee Giap, Hui Yin Chuah, and Nguyen Trieu Duong Luu. "A case study on Malaysia and Singapore." Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal 28, no. 2 (March 19, 2018): 172–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cr-09-2017-0062.
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Purpose Malaysia and Singapore had parted more than five decades ago. Much of the existing literature concerned about the bilateral ties between two economies focusing on the political economy perspective. This paper aims to provide insights on the economic development and prospects of Malaysia and Singapore at the national level. In addition, this paper also makes a pioneering attempt at conducting a comprehensive comparative analysis between Malaysia and Singapore at the city level. Design/methodology/approach This paper offers a case study of Malaysia and Singapore by assessing their national economic competitiveness, urban standards of living and quality of life. The paper leverages on a series of indices such as the competitiveness index for ASEAN-10, the cost of living, wages and purchasing power of ordinary residents, as well as the liveable cities index to perform the analysis. Findings In terms of national competitiveness, the analysis shows that Singapore and Malaysia have been leading the ASEAN region from 2000 onwards, being the top- and second-ranked, respectively. Malaysia still lags Singapore in several aspects such as attractiveness to foreign investors and standard of living, education and social stability despite insignificant differences in the ranking. City-level analysis shows that the cost of living in Singapore is almost double of that in Kuala Lumpur, although living in Singapore is more affordable owing to the higher wage rate received by the ordinary citizens. Originality/value This paper contributes to the literature in several ways. First, this paper assesses economic development in Singapore and Malaysia instead of focusing on cross-straits relations. Second, the study reflects the view that the improvement of standards of living and quality of life for ordinary residents is paramount to economic development. The competitiveness index and city-level benchmarks used in the paper reflect the standards of living and the quality-of-life dimensions. Third, the focus on city-level analysis in addition to conventional national-level analysis helps to provide policymakers with practical policy implications against the backdrop of rapid urbanisation.
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Ahmad Mokhtar, Khairunnisa, and Hadziroh Ibrahim. "DOES COMPENSATION INFLUENCE THE PERFORMANCE OF ORGANIZATIONS IN MALAYSIA?" Advanced International Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship and SMEs 2, no. 6 (December 1, 2020): 23–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.35631/aijbes.26003.
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Compensation is one of the relevant topics to be discussed in many organizations either in Malaysia or other countries. Presently, the compensation issue increasingly catches the interest of academics, employers, employees, and also organizations in Malaysia. This study was conducted to examine the influence of compensation to the employees and their performance to achieve the organization's goal. Due to high pressure was living cost and high risk when they are doing their works in the organizations, then they have to be more secured, either with the safety or wages. Over the past year, there is an attempt by many organizations today to identify innovative compensation strategies that are directly linked to improving organizational performance as well as work performance. This paper aims to review how compensation influences the work performance and the effect comes from the extraordinary growth of information and communication technologies (ICT), compensation has been recently proposed to indicate the integration of ICT purposely to support the traditional participatory process. However, this paper will discuss the implications of compensation in the organization in Malaysia and discusses the experience’s views too. Although this study already discussed the implications and experiences by the compensation, we hope that Malaysian can provide useful insight, knowledge, and understanding from the employer to the employees where there had no problem created by them. Toward the end of this paper, a conceptual framework will be offered. Based on the discussion on related empirical review, the compensation factors are proposed to have significant influences on work performance in the organization in Malaysia. In the future, we hope that future studies would focus on other discussions of compensation factors or reward satisfaction. Therefore, future research should be alert on how to make sure this issue is not getting worst but be more effective and comprehensive to implement to the next generations.
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NIK SALEH, NIK SALIDA SUHAILA. "PROTECTION AGAINST PRE-EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION IN MALAYSIA." Malaysian Journal of Syariah and Law 8, no. 1 (June 1, 2020): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.33102/mjsl.vol8no1.219.
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The principles of equal rights and non-discrimination as well as the right to equality before the law and equal protection of the law are fundamental human rights principles enshrined under Article 55 of United Nations Charter and Article 7 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR, international human rights standards and state practise consistently view employment and the right to work to include pre-employment. Therefore, rights during pre-employment would also fall within the scope of right to work regime. It is important to stress that the employer must not make employment decisions based on personal characteristics such as gender, race, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or any unrelated issues to inherent job requirements. Employer must base the employment relationship on the principle of equal opportunity and fair treatment and will not discriminate with respect to all aspects of the employment relationship, including recruitment and hiring, compensation (including wages and benefits), working conditions and terms of employment, access to training, promotion, termination of employment or retirement, and discipline. This paper will analyse the international laws, laws of other jurisdictions and Malaysian laws on protection against pre-employment discrimination. Recommendations would be accorded to ensure that Malaysia guarantee equal rights among jobseekers
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Alaloul, Wesam Salah, Muhammad Ali Musarat, M. S. Liew, Abdul Hannan Qureshi, and Ahsen Maqsoom. "Investigating the impact of inflation on labour wages in Construction Industry of Malaysia." Ain Shams Engineering Journal 12, no. 2 (June 2021): 1575–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asej.2020.08.036.
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Abdullah Yusof, Selamah. "The long‐run and dynamic behaviors of wages, productivity and employment in Malaysia." Journal of Economic Studies 35, no. 3 (August 2008): 249–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01443580810887805.
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Saari, M. Yusof, M. Affan Abdul Rahman, Azman Hassan, and Muzafar Shah Habibullah. "Estimating the impact of minimum wages on poverty across ethnic groups in Malaysia." Economic Modelling 54 (April 2016): 490–502. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2016.01.028.
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Taskinsoy, John. "The Return of Investment on Tertiary Education in Malaysia." Journal of Education and Vocational Research 3, no. 6 (June 15, 2012): 183–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jevr.v3i6.67.
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This paper examines the rate of return on higher education to first degrees, master’s degrees, and PhDs in Malaysia using previously published data. The purposes of this research are to study and identify whether or not there is a direct link between tertiary education and wages. Barbara Ischinger, Director for Education, points out ‘‘Education has always been a critical investment for the future, for individuals, for economies and for societies at large.’’1 John F. Kennedy once said; ‘’Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.’’ 2 A common belief existing in all societies suggests that tertiary education degree actually provides great pay-off to the beneficiary. According to the results of some recent surveys on this topic, students in general seem to agree with this common belief that they will have positive returns immediately after graduation.
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Crinis, Vicki. "Innovations in Trade Union Approaches in Malaysia's Garment Industry." Economic and Labour Relations Review 14, no. 1 (June 2003): 80–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/103530460301400107.
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Women workers employed in the export-oriented manufacturing sector in Malaysia have traditionally had poor access to representation by trade unions for two reasons. Firstly, government rules and regulations have prevented sectoral trade unions from representing large sections of the workforce, and secondly, unions themselves have not considered women their primary constituency. As a result, non-governmental organisations (NGO), rather than trade unions, have played an important role in educating women workers about their rights since the 1980s. In the garment industry in recent years, NGO activism has precipitated a change in the trade unions' focus towards women workers in general, and towards female overseas migrant workers in particular. Where once unions viewed migrant workers as undermining the wages and conditions of Malaysian workers, they now assert their right to equality in the workplace. This paper explores the context in which NGOs became involved in union-like activities and unions' responses to that involvement.
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Syed Mohamed Aljunid, Molly Cheah, Soe Nyunt-U, Kwa SK, Rohaizat Yon, and Ding LM. "COST ANALYSIS OF PRIVATE PRIMARY CARE SERVICES lN THREE URBAN CENTES IN MALAYSIA." Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine 1, no. 1 (June 1, 2001): 8–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.37268/mjphm/vol.1/no.1/art.1215.
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A study was undertaken amongst private primary care providers in three urban centres of Malaysia to understand the organizational structure of the facilities and to assess the cost of running such services. A total of 150 clinics were involved in the study. Data was collected through interviews with owners of the clinics using semi-structured questionnaires. Solo-practitioners owned 64.7% of the clinics while 35.3% of them were owned by group practice. This study showed that the mean number of patients visited the clinics daily was 49.3 with the average operating hours of 79.4 hours/week (range 28.0 - 168.0 hours/week). Group practice clinics operates 23.9 hours longer than solo-practice clinics. Group practice clinics were more likely to offer 24 hours service than solo practice clinics. Most of the clinics were manned by a single doctor (57.3%), 30.0 % had two doctors and only I 2. 7% were run by more than two doctors. On average, group practice employed greater number of supporting staff than solo-practice clinics (6.0 vs 4.3 people). The mean annual cost to run each facility was found to be RM 444,698. The mean cost per patient was found to be RM 32.09 for solo-practice clinics and RM 38.55 for group practice. Wages represented the highest proportion in the recurrent cost (61.1%) followed by drugs (29.2%) and consumables (2. 7%). Building cost (67.9%) and equipment cost (25.9%) were the major capital costs for the clinics. This study could serve as a basis to reimburse private primary care providers in the future health financing scheme in Malaysia. To improve efficiency and contain cost in primary care settings, efforts should be targeted towards cost of wages and drugs utilised by the providers in their daily practice.
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Ilhamdi, Ilhamdi, Rina Oktaviani, and Yeti Lis Purnamadewi. "PENGARUH FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT DAN AFTA TERHADAP KESEMPATAN KERJA SEKTORAL DI ASEAN 5." JURNAL EKONOMI DAN KEBIJAKAN PEMBANGUNAN 4, no. 2 (January 31, 2018): 140–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.29244/jekp.4.2.2015.140-152.
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This study aims to analyze the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) on sectoral employment in ASEAN 5. The analysis focused on five main sectors, namely agriculture, mining, manufacturing, construction and service sectors. This paper uses panel data approach with Fixed Effect Model. Variable used include employment as an edogenous variable, while GDP, wages and AFTA as exogenous variables. Cross section data that are used in this study consist of ASEAN 5 countries, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam with periods of observation as much as 9 years, from 2006 until 2014.The result of this paper that FDI, GDP, wages and AFTA have different impacts in each sector. FDI has positive impact on employment in service sector. GDP has positive impact on employment in manufacturing, construction and service sectors. While GDP in the agricultural and mining sectors has negative impact on employment. The wage has a positive impact on employment in the mining and agricultural sectors. ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) that took place in 2010 has a positive impact on employment in the manufacturing and mining sectors.Foreign Direct Investment is one factor to overcome employment issues in ASEAN 5, especially in service sector. While GDP becomes an important variable in enhancing ASEAN 5 employment in the manufacturing, construction and services. Increasing wages can be applied on agriculture and mining as it has a positive impact on employment. AFTA that has taken place is proper policy for the ASEAN 5 to encourage economic growth in the mining and manufacturing sectors that have an impact on increasing demand of labor in the sector.
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Ilhamdi, Ilhamdi, Rina Oktaviani, and Yeti Lis Purnamadewi. "PENGARUH FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT DAN AFTA TERHADAP KESEMPATAN KERJA SEKTORAL DI ASEAN 5." JURNAL EKONOMI DAN KEBIJAKAN PEMBANGUNAN 4, no. 2 (January 31, 2018): 140–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.29244/jekp.4.2.140-152.
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This study aims to analyze the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) on sectoral employment in ASEAN 5. The analysis focused on five main sectors, namely agriculture, mining, manufacturing, construction and service sectors. This paper uses panel data approach with Fixed Effect Model. Variable used include employment as an edogenous variable, while GDP, wages and AFTA as exogenous variables. Cross section data that are used in this study consist of ASEAN 5 countries, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam with periods of observation as much as 9 years, from 2006 until 2014.The result of this paper that FDI, GDP, wages and AFTA have different impacts in each sector. FDI has positive impact on employment in service sector. GDP has positive impact on employment in manufacturing, construction and service sectors. While GDP in the agricultural and mining sectors has negative impact on employment. The wage has a positive impact on employment in the mining and agricultural sectors. ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) that took place in 2010 has a positive impact on employment in the manufacturing and mining sectors.Foreign Direct Investment is one factor to overcome employment issues in ASEAN 5, especially in service sector. While GDP becomes an important variable in enhancing ASEAN 5 employment in the manufacturing, construction and services. Increasing wages can be applied on agriculture and mining as it has a positive impact on employment. AFTA that has taken place is proper policy for the ASEAN 5 to encourage economic growth in the mining and manufacturing sectors that have an impact on increasing demand of labor in the sector.
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Ibrahim, Ahmad Zubir. "Rural Food Deserts: Food Access Status among Low-Income Households in Rural Area, Kedah, Malaysia." 12th GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 12, no. 1 (October 8, 2021): 114. http://dx.doi.org/10.35609/gcbssproceeding.2021.12(114).
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Food security happens when all people have physical and economic access to enough safe and nutritious food that satisfies their nutritional needs and desires for an active and balanced life at all times (FAO 2008). Food access is one of the key aspects of food security that must be met in order to achieve food security status. Food access, described as a sufficient supply of food at the national or international level, does not guarantee food security at the household level. Concerns regarding inadequate food access have prompted policymakers to place a greater emphasis on wages, expenditures, economies, and prices in order to achieve food security goals (FAO 2008). Keywords: Food Access, Low-Income Households, Food Deserts
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Athukorala, Prema-chandra, and Evelyn S. Devadason. "The Impact of Foreign Labor on Host Country Wages: The Experience of a Southern Host, Malaysia." World Development 40, no. 8 (August 2012): 1497–510. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.04.025.
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Mahendran, Dr G. "The Economic Dimension of Labour Migration Cauvery Delta Zone in Tamil Nadu, India." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 9, no. 12 (December 31, 2021): 1149–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2021.39463.
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Abstract: Majority are international migrant and interstate migrants, majority (75%) of the respondents in the age groups (21 to 40) migrated to different places like Thiruppur, Coimbatore, Chennai, Kerala and Saudi, Arabia, Dubai, Mascot, Malaysia, and Singapore. Main reasons for migration are low wages, unemployment debt due to failure in agriculture due to lack of rains, more employment opportunities in the destination place and more jobs and a handsome salary which leads to improvement of the living conditions.Such pull and push factors encourage emigration to high-income countries experiencing labour shortages. Emigration has different impacts on sending country and destination country. Low wages and rain-fed agriculture in the native place have been found the economic factors leading to migration, while poverty, poor civic amenities, leading a poor life, high aspirations and demonstration effect were social and psychological factors resulting to migration. Lesser storage of water in delta region consequent on insufficient rainfall in the catchment area does not allow the farmers to Cauvery Delta Zone. Keywords: Labor migration, Employment, income and Cauvery Delta Zone
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Shrestha, Maheshwor. "Get Rich or Die Tryin’: Perceived Earnings, Perceived Mortality Rates, and Migration Decisions of Potential Work Migrants from Nepal." World Bank Economic Review 34, no. 1 (October 16, 2019): 1–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhz023.
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Abstract This article reports on a randomized field experiment in which potential work migrants from Nepal to Malaysia and the Persian Gulf countries are provided with information on wages and mortality incidences at their intended destinations. It is found that, particularly for the group of potential migrants without prior foreign migration experience, the information changes their expectations of earnings and mortality risks abroad, which further changes their actual migration decisions. Using the exogenous variation in expectations, it is estimated that the elasticity of migration with respect to mortality rate expectation is 0.8, and the elasticity of migration with respect to earnings expectation is 1.1.
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Gopal, Parthiban S., and Suresh Narayanan. "Collective Agreements and the Wages of Rubber Tappers in Malaysia, 1954-2003: A Revisit of ‘Bad Bargains’." Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies 54, no. 1 (June 1, 2017): 141–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.22452/mjes.vol54no1.7.
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Peters, Diana, Marja Azlima Omar, Ramli Dollah, and Wan Shawaluddin Wan Hassan. "Undocumented Workers during Malaysia’s Movement Control Order (MCO)." Migration Letters 19, no. 2 (March 7, 2022): 107–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.33182/ml.v19i2.1280.
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Malaysia has a significant population of migrant labour force. Out of the 5.5 million migrant workers in the country, more than half are reported to be undocumented, with the state of Sabah being home to the highest population of undocumented migrant workers majority from the Philippines and Indonesia. Since the 1970s the scale of migration increased drastically with the arrival of large number of Muslim refugees from the war-torn southern Philippines, and economic migrants from rural areas of Indonesia, in hopes of achieving better economic and food security. This steady flow of foreign labour also coincided with the state’s economic development plan which saw labour intensive sectors such as constructions, plantation and timber boom. However, when the Covid-19 pandemic began to spread in Malaysia, job opportunities drastically reduced as the government pulled the brakes on almost all economic sectors and closed off the borders. The Movement Controlled Order (MCO) announced nationwide beginning 18 March 2020 thus increased the vulnerability of the undocumented irregular migrants, as the economic threat in the form of loss of wages and movement restrictions decreased the food security of this group.
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Dolhan, Norliza, Zarina@Zairina Othman, and Nor Azizan Idris. "HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND HUMAN SECURITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: A CASE STUDY OF BANGLADESHI FOREIGN WORKERS IN MALAYSIA." Journal of Nusantara Studies (JONUS) 6, no. 1 (January 28, 2021): 136–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol6iss1pp136-155.
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Background and Purpose: In the modern globalisation epoch, security threats no longer concern the state’s hostilities, military operation, or nuclear proliferation. It involves non-traditional menaces like human trafficking, which is believed to escalate quickly. The goal of this research is to identify human trafficking activities and to reveal the experiences of victims in the Southeast Asia region, particularly in Malaysia.
Methodology: This study used a qualitative method through a case study approach. It involved an in-depth interview session with five primary informants (represented as Cases 1 to 5) who were the victims of human trafficking from Bangladesh, a government officer from related agency, two local academicians and a representative of Bangladesh foreign workers’ vending system company.
Findings: The study discovered that human trafficking crimes produce detrimental effects on the survival of the victims, especially on the economic and individual security aspect. Their wages are not fully paid and their freedom to socialize is restricted.
Contribution: This study calls for policy formulation and policy implementation to protect the interest and security of people despite their citizenship which is considered the most trustworthy, relevant and universal approach in rectifying these illegal activities within Southeast Asia region especially in Malaysia.
Keywords: Bangladesh, labour migration, human security, human trafficking.
Cite as: Dolhan, N., Othman, Z., & Idris, N. A. (2021). Human trafficking and human security in Southeast Asia: A case study of Bangladeshi foreign workers in Malaysia. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 6(1), 136-155. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol6iss1pp136-155
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Abdul Wahab, Harlida, Siti Suraya Abd Razak, and Nik Ahmad Kamal Nik Mahmod. "LEGAL ISSUES OF WORKING FROM HOME AMID THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN MALAYSIA." UUM Journal of Legal Studies 13, No.2 (July 21, 2022): 163–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.32890/uumjls2022.13.2.7.
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Flexible work arrangements are common during the COVID-19 pandemic as a result of the movement restriction and the closure of the economic sector. Among the flexibility practices is the implementation of remote working, in particular, working from home (WFH) where employees are physically working outside and remote from their organisations. The mandated WFH has changed the working scenario without confirming whether employers and employees are prepared for this new norm. However, the WFH arrangement requires legal consideration as its arrangement needed a legal predicament. The concern over WFH must be addressed on the grounds of managerial rights and boundaries besides determining the rights of employees while working remotely. From the legal viewpoint, there is a question of whether the existing labour law in Malaysia is accommodating to the WFH practice. Hence, this paper aims to examine the employment-related matters concerning WFH practice in Malaysia on employment terms like wages and leaves, matters on safety and health, social security, and confidentiality and security of information. This study applied a doctrinal approach using authoritative legal texts in solving the legal problems that arise from WFH. The analysis of legal provisions and case studies were employed to present the benefits of the employment relationship and industrial relations in the changing employment landscape and work culture linked to WFH.
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Syed Shikh Bin Syed A. Kadir , Jumintono, Mohammad Idham Bin Jalim ,. Abdul Rasid Bin Abdul Razzaq *,. "Self-Image, Career Development and Job Choice on Tourism Industry in Malaysia: A Perception of Students." Educational Administration: Theory and Practice 27, no. 4 (January 15, 2022): 1197–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.17762/kuey.v27i4.273.
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Students imagine jobs in the tourism sector with boring jobs, long working hours, unsafe work, low social status, unsatisfactory promotions, low wages, inadequate benefits, and poor physical working conditions. This study aims to determine student perceptions of self-image, career development, and job choices in the tourism industry. This study was a quantitative descriptive method. Quantitative research is intended to measure the problem, how well, and to whom a particular problem applies. This study involved 162 D3 Tourism Management study programs, Merlimau Polytechnic, Melaka, Malaysia, based on Krejcie and Morgan tables. Data was obtained using a questionnaire survey and observation. The questionnaire consists of Parts A, B, and C as instruments and measurements with a five-point Linkert scale. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 23 was used to analyze data and information in research. The results showed that the value of self-image was 3.60, career development was 4.12, and job choice in the tourism industry was 3.80. Students' perceptions of self-image, career development, and job choices are high. Students feel the influence of research variables can attract interest to work in the tourism industry in the future.
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Noor Shuhadawati Binti Mohamad Amin, Ashgar Ali Ali Mohamed, and Areej Torla. "RETIREMENT BENEFIT IN MALAYSIA: UNDERSTANDING THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND ITS CHALLENGES TO THE MIGRANT WORKERS." IIUM Law Journal 29, no. 2 (December 23, 2021): 199–220. http://dx.doi.org/10.31436/iiumlj.v29i2.573.
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The retirement benefits scheme is one of the social security protections accorded to employees around the world. In Malaysia, the retirement benefits scheme is in the form of the contribution made by both employer and employee at a specified rate based on the employee’s monthly wages and such contribution will be credited into the employee’s fund. An employee is allowed to withdraw money from the fund when he or she reaches retirement age. The doctrinal study found that the retirement benefits scheme in Malaysia differs greatly between the local employees and migrant workers. Although migrant workers are allowed to contribute to the retirement benefits scheme known as Employees Provident Fund, their contribution is voluntary, and not done compulsorily. The contribution of the employer is capped at only RM5 per month, which is very low. It is exacerbated by the fact that the contribution in the fund is not transferable as the Employees Provident Fund Act does not provide any provision to transfer the retirement benefit to another scheme in another country. It is hoped that these challenges faced by migrant workers will be given due consideration by the government to allow the migrant workers to have adequate social security protection by reforming the current retirement benefit statute or introducing a new retirement benefit statute that only protects the migrant workers.
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Mohd Hussain, Azlina, Mohd Syahril Ibrahim, and Anie Farahida Omar. "INFORMAL EMPLOYEE: THEIR IMPORTANCE AND PROTECTION UNDER MALAYSIAN LABOUR LAWS." International Journal of Law, Government and Communication 6, no. 25 (September 19, 2021): 64–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.35631/ijlgc.625006.
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This paper aims to address the issue of informal employees in Malaysia. The informal employee is the employee that works for wages in an informal and/ or formal employment setting. Most informal employees have no formal contracts, social benefits, and basic employment legal protection as enjoyed by formal employees. It is important that we identify and address the issues of informal employment as there seems to be an increasing trend towards this kind of employment in the current market economy. The methodology that will be adopted in conducting this study would be a qualitative analysis of all local labour legislations that will provide an insight into the social and legal protection afforded to these informal employees. The findings/ results so far show that none of the local labour legislation provides nor addresses specifically the issues of social and legal protection for the informal employee. We hope to recommend through this paper either specific legislation is created to address the social and legal protection for the informal employee or to propose amendments to the current local labour legislation to incorporate the informal employee in their protection.
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Taheripour, Farzad, Thomas W. Hertel, and Navin Ramankutty. "Market-mediated responses confound policies to limit deforestation from oil palm expansion in Malaysia and Indonesia." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116, no. 38 (September 3, 2019): 19193–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1903476116.
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The global demand for palm oil has grown rapidly over the past several decades. Much of the output expansion has occurred in carbon- and biodiversity-rich forest lands of Malaysia and Indonesia (M&I), contributing to record levels of terrestrial carbon emissions and biodiversity loss. This has led to a variety of voluntary and mandatory regulatory actions, as well as calls for limits on palm oil imports from M&I. This paper offers a comprehensive, global assessment of the economic and environmental consequences of alternative policies aimed at limiting deforestation from oil palm expansion in M&I. It highlights the challenges of limiting forest and biodiversity loss in the presence of market-mediated spillovers into related oilseed and agricultural commodity and factor markets, both in M&I and overseas. Indeed, limiting palm oil production or consumption is unlikely to halt deforestation in M&I in the absence of active forest conservation incentives. Policies aimed at restricting palm oil production in M&I also have broader consequences for the economy, including significant impacts on consumer prices, real wages, and welfare, that vary among different global regions. A crucial distinction is whether the initiative is undertaken domestically, in which case the M&I region could benefit, or by major palm oil importers, in which case M&I loses income. Nonetheless, all policies considered here pass the social welfare test of global carbon dioxide mitigation benefits exceeding their costs.
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Salehuddin, Nurshahirah, Suraiya Ibrahim, and Wan Salha Yusoff. "UNDERSTANDING BIG DATA-FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT MODEL OF BIOLOGICAL ASSETS." Journal of Information System and Technology Management 6, no. 24 (December 1, 2021): 01–08. http://dx.doi.org/10.35631/jistm.624001.
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This research establishes a Big Data-Fair Value Measurement Model of Biological Assets using a Smart Farming Approach. The aim of the study is to gather literature knowledge about the judgment of biological assets. The use of big data and innovative farming in the agricultural sector is relatively new in Malaysia, making people wonder about its effectiveness, whether positive or negative. However, determining fair value can be a daunting task due to the existence of personal biological properties and the variety of specimens (offspring), classes, and conditions. Agricultural sectors need to be more emphasised by many parties as the increases in cost production is not a trivial matter that can be ignored. There have been pressures from foreign countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia in the agricultural sector. Malaysia faces one major challenge: the cost of production, including wages and inputs, is relatively higher. (Rozhan 2019). Agricultural accounting is a minor standard, but it has a broad scope and a significant impact on agricultural businesses based on the accounting perspective, the MFRS141/IAS 41. The standard improves the transparency of the cost to replace capital (by allowing for depreciation and amortisation) and better reflects the productive lifespan of assets in agricultural operations. However, the application of MFRS 141 Agriculture is still relatively new in Malaysia, and a thorough examination of the literature indicates several gaps and deficiencies. This literature review is vital to support the study on Big Data-Fair Value Measurement Model of Biological Assets as the agricultural sector's involvement was recently popular. It might also offer some good ideas for handling problems involving the fair value measurement. Future studies will help the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries, agriculture sector workers, in terms of practical perspective. Therefore, the future result of the study suggests an improvement within the agriculture sector related to the treatment in their fair values, issues, and strategies.
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Mishra, Manamaya. "Problems and Challenges of Foreign Labour Migrants." Patan Pragya 9, no. 02 (December 31, 2021): 164–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/pragya.v9i02.42062.
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This paper is based on problems and challenges of foreign labour migration and the main aim of this paper is to identity the problems and challenges faced by migrant workers in the destination countries, and is based on five different manpower agencies. Information was collected through 255 respondents and respondent’s household’s information and descriptive and cross sectional research design and sample selection has been based on purposive method. About 37.3 percent foreign labour migrants want to go Malaysia and highest i.e. 29.4 percent respondents want to go foreign labour work by cause of poverty and 23.5 percent respondents by cause of unemployment. More than 90 percent respondents do not have any knowledge about right of foreign labour migrants. Total 163 respondents had returned from foreign labour migration; the highest 36.2 percent respondents are returned back from Malaysia. More than 55 percent foreign labour migrants stayed in foreign employment for 2-4 year and 35 percent returned migrants engaged in factory labour and 36 percent foreign labour returned migrants worked 12 hours. The highest i.e. 60.8 percent returned foreign labour migrants were sick of frequent fever and 58.8 percent foreign labour returned migrants had their treatment charge paid by their companies. Lack of information about the adequate the destination countries, poverty, unemployment, manpower agencies or agents’ exploitation, discrepancy in wages before and after departure, working condition and situation in the destination countries, language, environment, out off that work permit problems are the major problems in both origin and destination place. To promote the rights of migrant’s worker is major issue in present time. Foreign labour migration sending the large amount of remittance of Nepal, but they have not been able to utilize in productive sectors.
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Arham, Muhammad Amir, and Stella Junus. "Contributing factors of labor productivity in the industrial sector in Indonesia: a comparative study among regions." Jurnal Perspektif Pembiayaan dan Pembangunan Daerah 8, no. 3 (August 31, 2020): 277–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.22437/ppd.v8i3.9626.
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TIndonesia’s degree of competitiveness in attracting investment is relatively low compared to other ASEAN countries, e.g., Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, despite the country’s potential resources. Specifically, low labour productivity in industrial sector led to lower degree of investment competitiveness in Indonesia. Thus, this study aims to examine the transformation of economic structures and factors determining the regional labor productivity in industrial sector in Indonesia. This study employs multiple regression method with panel data approach on 34 provinces in Indonesia from 2014 to 2019. This study suggests that, in general, the decline of agriculture sector share in the Eastern part of Indonesia was greater than the Western part of Indonesia. Furthermore, the composition of labor absorption in Sulawesi, Maluku, Papua, and Kalimantan decline periodically. This research also suggests that the factors leading to improvement of productivity in the Industrial sector in Western part of Indonesia is real wages. Moreover, provision of electricity is the contributing factor and hampers labor productivity in the Eastern part of Indonesia. This study further concluded that supply of electricity is substitutional to labor which result in the decline of productivity
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Ratnasingam, Jegatheswaran, Hazirah Ab Latib, Lim Choon Liat, Natkuncaran Jegatheswaran, Kamaruzaman Othman, and Mohd Afthar Amir. "Environmental, social, and governance adoption in the Malaysian wood products and furniture industries: Awareness, adoption, and challenges." BioResources 18, no. 1 (January 9, 2023): 1436–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.15376/biores.18.1.1436-1453.
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As the world intensifies efforts to mitigate the effect of global climate change, an on-line survey was carried out involving 1,081 wood products and furniture manufacturers in Malaysia. The main objective was to evaluate the level of awareness, extent of adoption, and challenges faced by these manufacturers in adopting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices. The survey found that large-sized companies were more receptive to adopting ESG practices, as opposed to the medium-, small-, and micro-sized companies. Respondents were apparently more responsive to environmental requirements, followed by governance, and finally the social factors. Within the environmental sphere, compliance with using certified and legal wood and wood products, waste management, and conformance to emission standards were well received among respondents. The survey revealed that market forces and legislative requirements were the two most important factors that enticed respondents to comply with the ESG practices; among those respondents who did not comply with ESG requirements, the primary deterrent factors include lack of awareness, no direct benefit from adopting ESG, and the high cost involved. The ESG compliance may transform the wood products and furniture industries into a more sustainable industry, offering equitable wages and green jobs while producing high value-added products.
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Hoque, Ashikul, Mohammad Waliul Hasanat, Farzana Afrin Shikha, Baishaki Islam Mou, and Abu Bakar Abdul Hamid. "The Effect of Illegal Migrant Workers on the Economic Development of Malaysia." Journal of Economic Info 7, no. 2 (August 1, 2020): 85–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.31580/jei.v7i2.1437.
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Malaysia over the years has shown huge development by eradicating a huge level of poverty and channelizing its resources in a good way. Immigrants have played a very positive role in this economic development. The main purpose of this research is to visualize the contribution of illegal migrant workers in the Malaysian economy.
The primary and secondary research methods are being used in this research paper to analyses the situation more broadly. The survey technique and the government's reports are used to collect data.
The results have shown that unemployment around the globe is the main reason for the illegal migration of the workers. The statistics said that about 2.1 million immigrants are being registered, whereas, about 1 million are undocumented individuals. The studies have shown that these low –skilled workers can contribute to the economy and GDP of Malaysia by 1.1%. This will ultimately help the Malaysians to increase their wage rate and create a large amount of employment in the country.
The analysis has also showcased that Malaysia has a higher gross national income per capita than Indonesia. Some individuals come with proper visas while some come through illegal means. Maximum cases are being reported about the workers who migrate to Malaysia on illegal grounds.
Malaysian people have remarkably gained a great deal of education in the past few years. So for the primary source of laborers, these Illegal migrants are being used with lower skills. This study will help to analyze how much the economic development of Malaysia is dependent on illegal migrant workers.
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Amaran, Safiya, Ahmad Zulfahmi Mohd Kamaruzaman, Nurul Yaqeen Mohd Esa, and Zaharah Sulaiman. "Malaysia Healthcare Early Response in Combatting COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020." Korean Journal of Family Medicine 42, no. 6 (November 20, 2021): 425–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.20.0117.
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The year 2020 saw the emergence of a novel coronavirus—the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2— which has led to an unprecedented pandemic that has shaken the entire world. The pandemic has been a new experience for Malaysia, especially during the implementation of large-scale public health and social measures called the Movement Control Order (MCO). This paper seeks to describe the experiences of the Malaysian healthcare system thus far in combatting the pandemic. The Malaysian healthcare system comprises two main arms: public health and medicine. The public health arm focuses on early disease detection, contact tracing, quarantines, the MCO, and risk stratification strategies in the community. The medical arm focuses on the clinical management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients; it encompasses laboratory services, the devising of clinical setting adjustments, and hospital management for COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients. Malaysia experienced intense emotions at the beginning of the pandemic, with great uncertainty regarding the pandemic’s outcome, as the world saw a frighteningly high COVID-19 mortality. As of writing (May 30, 2020), Malaysia has passed the peak of its second wave of infections. The experience thus far has helped in preparing the country’s healthcare system to be vigilant and more prepared for future COVID-19 waves. To date, the pandemic has changed many aspects of Malaysia’s life, and people are still learning to adapt to new norms in their lives.
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Afrianto, Damar Tri. "The Phenomenon of Urban Culture in Film Dendang Bantilang." International Journal of Visual and Performing Arts 1, no. 1 (June 1, 2019): 7–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.31763/viperarts.v1i1.14.
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Film titled Dendang Bantilang Director M. Ikhwan is one of the films that focus on cultural issues primarily in Bulukumba Regency. As a work of film, in addition to serving an aesthetic spectacle, but also showing the reality of the existence of a legend that is in the middle of a Pinisi of the current global era. This film does not only show the existence of pinisi at present, but show how urban culture contestation takes place in Bulukumba contextually. This is why the concern of this research leads to aspects of urban culture in the phenomenon in the film Dendang Bantilang. Through the method of semiotics Roland Barthes, this research found several realities behind their urban phenomenon in Bulukumba, among them: 1) the ceased of the chain of inheritance skills in the community of Bulukumba in making the pinisi ship as the main livelihood, 2) The fascination of work outside the village especially in Malaysia, and 3) The work of making Pinisi ship with a long process has an impact on the cost of wages that received late because wait for the completion of the shipbuilding. The results of the research showing the film Dendang Bantilang can be a reflection of contemplation that maintaining and harmonizing pinisi culture requires a strong and high awareness effort. Pinisi is the ancestral heritage of Indonesian culture both in form and knowledge, not to improve the flow of urban culture accompanied by the extinction of knowledge and skills about Pinisi.
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Kamaruddin, Roslina, Norehan Abdullah, and Mohammad Amizi Ayob. "Determinants of job satisfaction among Malaysian youth working in the oil palm plantation sector." Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 8, no. 4 (November 5, 2018): 678–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jadee-06-2017-0063.
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Purpose Oil palm is a labor-intensive crop where the labor issue is one of the most intransigent problems facing the industry. The negative perception toward this sector associated with the unattractive working environment which commonly refers to dark, dirty and dangerous has distress local youth to stay away from this occupation. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to explore the level of job satisfaction among oil palm plantation workers in Malaysia and analyze the factors that contribute to their satisfaction level. Design/methodology/approach The survey was conducted in 2014 through interviews from the selected samples of oil palm plantation workers who aged ranging from 16 to 40 years old, which was considered as youth category and staying within the location 5 km radius within the plantation area. The structural equation modeling is used to analyze the factors affecting job satisfaction among workers in the plantation sector. Findings The study found that the government and employer policies associated with plantation worker and economic profitability offered in this sector were the most significant factors that positively contribute to the joy of working among them. On the other hand, the negative relationship between working environment and perception of social job status with job satisfaction proven that these two factors were repulsion factors. Research limitations/implications Currently, with the local youth negative perception on the agriculture sector and Indonesia’s economy booming and wages on the rise, Malaysia is struggling to attract new expatriate workers and retain those already active in the sector. Oil palm plantation companies have to counter this by enhancing worker’s welfare to ensure their job satisfaction in plantation environment. This study is to convince the organization that worker’s job satisfaction is a crucial factor to enhance their performance. With the strategy recommended by this study, employees will be getting higher level of job satisfaction, thus increasing their performance and enjoying working in the plantation sector. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, there are yet to be studies that look at the agricultural employees’ job satisfaction particularly in the plantation sector. Most of the previous studies in the field of plantation sector highlight on the labor productivity, economic performance of palm oil plantation sector and environmental impact of oil palm plantation. Thus, this study provides a better understanding of the factors that contribute to job satisfaction among plantation workers.
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Mohd Najib, Iskandar Zulkarnain, Rumaizah Mohd Nordin, Ezlina Mohd Ahnuar, and Khalida Mohd Sukor. "Malaysian as the Component of Labour Force for Construction Industry in Malaysia." MATEC Web of Conferences 266 (2019): 01007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201926601007.
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The construction sector plays a significant role in the economy in order to achieve the inspiration to be a developed nation in 2020. In the effort to increase the efficiency of the sector, Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) had pledged to continue investing in human capital development in the construction industry as one of its initiatives under Productivity Thrust in Construction Industry Transformation Programme (CITP). However, currently, the construction industry of Malaysia is depressed by the low-wage and low productivity trap due to substantial reliance on low-skilled foreign workers. The number of local workers are not only low but are decreasing drastically due to out-migration towards better job opportunities in other sectors. Therefore, this research aims to establish a conceptual framework for Malaysians as the component of the labour force in the construction industry in Malaysia through identifying the landscape of participation of local labour, investigating factors hindering participation of local labour and propose initiatives to increase the numbers of participation of local labour. This paper presents a review of literature from journals, conference proceedings, and books. Based on the review, a framework consisting of four (4) components (i.e., Government Agenda, Local Labour in Malaysian Construction Industry, strategies to improve participation, and expected key outcomes of CITP for Productivity) is proposed. These findings will assist the extended investigation in the identification of ways to improve the participation of local labour for the Construction Industry in Malaysia.
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Abdul Nasir, Muhamad Nadhir, and Alfa Nur Aini Erman Efendi. "LEGAL AND POLICY BASIS FOR BAHASA ISYARAT MALAYSIA INTERPRETATION SERVICES." International Journal of Law, Government and Communication 5, no. 21 (December 6, 2020): 45–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.35631/ijlgc.521005.
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There is an increasing need for Malaysian Sign Language interpreters or known as Jurubahasa Isyarat Malaysia (JBIM) to meet the economic, social, and cultural needs of persons who are deaf. To resolve the continuing lack of JBIM, the present paper addresses the legal and policy basis for the establishment of a government-owned and operated service system. We review several legal and government strategic documents, namely the Persons with Disabilities Act 2008, the Local Government Act 1976, the Policy for Persons with Disabilities 2007, the Action Plan for Persons with Disabilities 2016-2022, and the National Community Policy 2018. Although Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia (BIM) is recognized by the law beyond its status as an official language of deaf Malaysians and as part of their cultural identity, our analysis of these legal and policy documents do not suggest a tangible and proper mechanism for BIM interpretation service system. We assert the BIM interpretation services to be established and provided by local governments through collaboration with other federal government agencies and deaf people’s organizations. We also discuss structural measures regarding recruitment and certification, job-related equipment, retirement fund as well as competitive wage. These four aspects are vital in ensuring the effectiveness and sustainability of the BIM interpretation services.
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GOY, SIEW CHING, and GERAINT JOHNES. "DIFFERENCES IN DECLINE: QUANTILE REGRESSION OF MALE–FEMALE EARNINGS DIFFERENTIAL IN MALAYSIA." Singapore Economic Review 60, no. 04 (September 2015): 1550054. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s021759081550054x.
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Semiparametric estimation has gained significant attention in the study of wage inequality between men and women in recent years. By extending the wage gap at the mean towards the entire wage distribution using quantile regression, it enables researchers to ascertain the direction and the proportions of differences in characteristics and returns to these characteristics at different parts of the wage distribution. This line of research has been prominent in western society but has not yet been explored in the context of the Malaysian labor market. To fill the gap, this paper examines the gender earnings gap in Malaysia between 1994 and 2004 using Malaysia Population and Family Survey data. The gender earnings differential, as measured by the log percentage point is 53% in 1994. The difference reduces to 45% for a restricted sample and 42% for the unrestricted sample in 2004. However, it was found that the gender wage gap reduces as we move up the wage distribution. This suggests that women suffer from a sticky floor effect, i.e., the gender wage gap is bigger at the bottom of distribution. More importantly, the observed gender wage differentials do not reflect differences in the productive characteristics of the workers. In fact, it accounts for very little, if any, of the gap in Malaysia. However, the extent of the price effect is larger at the bottom end of the distribution than at the top.
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Mohd, Idaya Husna. "Minimum Wage and Productivity: The perspectives and implications of Malaysian hotel employees." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 1, no. 4 (August 7, 2016): 253. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v1i4.176.
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This paper explores the effect of the newly introduced National Minimum Wage (NMW) on the productivity of Malaysian hotel employees based on the insight of several domains which include the analysis of government policy, literature reviews, fieldwork and stakeholder views. The fieldwork includes an extensive employee quantitative survey research to explore their responses to the potential impact of the NMW on their productivity. The findings of this study highlighted the understanding of the productivity concept based on the employees’ understanding and perspective. Based on the findings of this research, in terms of productivity, it is clear that the employees are ready to respond positively to the changes in their work pattern provided wages are increased. This thesis makes a significant contribution towards assisting the key players in the hotel industry (policy makers, hotel associations, trade unions, employers,and employees) to develop a more strategic and effective approach to the implementation of the NMW.© 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords: Minimum Wage, Productivity, Hotel industry, Wages
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Wijayanti, Febry, and Irina Turgel. "Migration Flow and Social Protection Policy: Case Study Indonesia – Malaysia." Journal of Indonesian Applied Economics 9, no. 1 (February 28, 2021): 41–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.21776/ub.jiae.2021.009.01.5.
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Nowadays, the rest of the world concentrates on increasing global economies through the development of technology and productivity growth. This intent creates uneven economic opportunities, inequality, and social disparity between developed, developing, and undeveloped countries. On the other hand, the discrepancy between them contributes to increasing the migration flow, particularly in ASEAN. Moreover, the population movement between Indonesia-Malaysia majority is a low-skilled migrant and brings several problems for both countries. Thus, the scheme of social protection for a migrant becomes a crucial matter to implement. Hence, this paper aims to acknowledge the migration flow and assess Indonesia and Malaysia's social protection schemes. The result shows that distance is an essential variable of Indonesia's worker migrant than Malaysia's wage rate. Hence, the discourse for stopping worker migrants, particularly domestic workers, is not a great solution. Notably, the government should create a proper MoU with Malaysia to protect worker migrants, particularly domestic workers.
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Yeoh, Boon Seng. "Tapping into Futuristic Imagination: Are We Ready for Digital Medical Education in Malaysia?" Education in Medicine Journal 14, no. 1 (March 30, 2022): 81–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.21315/eimj2022.14.1.7.
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In recent years, the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) has been the new buzzword in Malaysia following governmental policies for integrating digital technologies into the administrative and socioeconomic aspects of life. With the enrolment of new generations of digitally endowed students, the waves of the digital revolution will soon hit the shore of medical education. This commentary proposes the concept of a medical education system that fully adopts the 4IR agenda in teaching and learning basic medical and clinical sciences. The deliberation in this article offers novel avenues for medical teachers to reflect on their roles and preparedness in steering Malaysian medical education towards the foreseeable digitalised future.
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Che Ahmat, Nur Hidayah, Susan Wohlsdorf Arendt, and Daniel Wayne Russell. "Examining work factors after Malaysia’s minimum wage implementation." International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 31, no. 12 (December 9, 2019): 4462–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijchm-10-2018-0827.
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Purpose This study aims to generate novel insights about minimum wage policy implementation through a joint assessment of the mediating roles of work motivation, work engagement and job satisfaction in predicting outcomes such as turnover intention and work engagement. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from hotel employees in Malaysia using an electronic survey. A total of 239 responses were used in analyzing direct and indirect effects. Findings Results reveal that work motivation, work engagement and job satisfaction significantly mediated the relationship between employee compensation satisfaction and employee turnover intention. Work motivation was found to mediate the relationship between employee compensation satisfaction and employee work engagement. Additionally, work engagement and job satisfaction mediated the relationship between employee work motivation and employee turnover intention. Research limitations/implications Missing data are inevitable in survey research. Due to data missing for some of the demographic questions, the moderating effect of certain demographic characteristics (e.g. sex) could not be assessed. Practical implications Given recent minimum wage policy implementation in Malaysia, it is imperative that Malaysian hotel operators understand to what extent employee compensation satisfaction influences how employees perceived their jobs and to what extent work motivation, work engagement and job satisfaction mediate employee compensation satisfaction and employee turnover intention. Originality/value This study makes a significant contribution to the hospitality compensation research area, specifically regarding the impact of compensation on how employees perceived their jobs after minimum wage implementation.
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Balasingam, Ann Selvaranee, Kashif Hussain, and Alwie Manaf. "Industry perspectives on Malaysian hotel minimum wage issues." Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 12, no. 2 (March 27, 2020): 185–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/whatt-12-2019-0082.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate and compare the impact of the minimum wage order from the perspectives of two different stakeholders, namely, hotel managers and employees, in the Malaysian hotel industry. Design/methodology/approach For the study, qualitative data were collected through semi-structured interviews from three managers and three employees from hotels in West Malaysia. Findings From the managers’ perspective, minimum wage implementation has resulted in managers adopting the best payment structure to reduce labour costs for the operators, deciding to reduce the service charge allocation to employees and having to deal with minimal improvement in employee productivity and motivation. In contrast, the positive impact from the managers’ perspective is lower turnover intentions and social justice for foreign workers. From the employees’ perspective, there is a rather negative impact – minimum wage policy has resulted in a minimal increase in the salary. From a positive perspective, employees said that they have experienced an improvement in living standards. Originality/value This research presents current responses from hotel participants regarding the latest wage increase impact, some six years after its implementation.
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Ahmad, Rozila, Noel Scott, and Rohana Abdul-Rahman. "Why minimum wage order implementation is a challenge to human resource managers in Langkawi hotels." International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research 10, no. 2 (June 6, 2016): 191–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijcthr-06-2015-0065.
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Purpose This paper aims to explore the human resource (HR) challenges faced by hotel managers in Langkawi due to the implementation of the minimum wage order (MWO). Design/methodology/approach This study collected qualitative data from 18 managers and two owners from 19 hotels of various sizes and levels of service, including budget and boutique resorts on Langkawi Island, Malaysia. A semi-structured interview was used to ask the question “What are the challenges faced by hotel managers due to the implementation of an MWO?” Findings The challenges faced by the managers are: low employee productivity levels, many employees with a salary below the minimum wage rate, difficulty paying staff because of low revenue and conflicting laws and guidelines relating to the issues related to the service charge. Research limitations/implications This study provides an initial qualitative exploration of an important current legal development bearing on hotel managers in Malaysia. It provides some initial findings from Langkawi, but the findings may not represent the attitudes of hotel managers in other parts of Malaysia. Practical implications This study contributes to HR management literature by providing an insight into challenges faced by hotel managers in a developing country. To the managers, the MWO guideline is a serious challenge, as some of their employees are not productive enough to be paid at the minimum wage rate. To address the increasing labour cost, some have turned to the employment of foreign workers, whereas others have increased their casual employee numbers. These insights may serve to guide policy-makers and hotel managers in other developing countries that are planning to introduce an MWO. Social implications For the MWO to be effective, it is crucial for the government to develop effective guidelines for its implementation and for hotel employees amongst the Langkawi community to increase their level of productivity. Originality/value The Malaysian MWO policy was introduced in 2012. The policy affects employees’ remuneration and provides a challenge in implementation for the Malaysian hotel industry, especially in Langkawi. Although many studies on MWO implementation have focused on unemployment, this study provides the managers’ perspective on the challenges faced due to the implementation of this policy and identifies reasons why the unemployment rate for local workers may increase after the implementation of an MWO.