{"id":718,"date":"2017-01-21T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/persatuan.utm.my\/kkautm\/dont-burden-migrant-workers-with-levies\/"},"modified":"2017-01-21T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T10:00:00","slug":"dont-burden-migrant-workers-with-levies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/persatuan.utm.my\/kkautm\/dont-burden-migrant-workers-with-levies\/","title":{"rendered":"DON’T BURDEN MIGRANT WORKERS WITH LEVIES"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aliran<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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The government should remain firm on their financial obligations to workers under the Employer Mandatory Commitment, says Rani Rasiah<\/strong>. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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The government\u2019s announcement of the Employer Mandatory Commitment (EMC) has expectedly drawn howls of protest from employers\u2019 organisations.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

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The MCA Youth has come out in support of employers.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Workers\u2019 organisations like the MTUC and Cuepacs have commended the government on this initiative. The proposals of the EMC are also what civil society organisations have been advocating. They in fact are among the recommendations of a series of roundtables on labour migration that were organised recently by the Migrant Workers\u2019 Right to Redress coalition (comprising Parti Sosialis Malaysia, Tenaganita, North South Initiative, Sahabat Wanita, the MTUC, the Archdiocese Office for Human Development and Penang Stop Human Trafficking Campaign).<\/span><\/div>\n

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The main features of the EMC as reported in the press are:<\/span><\/div>\n

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