While most Malaysian employers are fair, with some treating their domestic worker as part of the family, there are a few who mistreat them. More needs to be done – especially legally – to nip it in the bud, say worker rights groups. This is crucial when we open up the borders again for more domestic workers to the country as we kickstart our economy. The Immigration Department’s data from 2015 shows that there were approximately 145,000 documented migrant domestic workers in the country. “First we need to explore the possibility of how we can form a union for domestic workers.

Source: The Star March 21, 2021 02:03 UTC