Skandal WRP ASIA - Kegagalan Kementerian/Kerajaan Untuk Menjaga Hak Pekerja? MACC? Jawatankuasa Parlimen?

Pekerja - Kementerian Sumber Manusia dan kerajaan Malaysia sekali lagi didapati gagal memastikan hak pekerja dijaga - Bagaimana sebuah syarikat boleh mempunyai  1,178 pekerja asing tidak berdaftar - mereka sebenar pekerja yang didaftar sebagai pekerja syarikat lain yang sudah 'bungkus'...

Isu pekerja dan pencabulan hak pekerja di WRP Asia telah dihebohkan sejak awal tahun 2019...di mana Menteri kita mengatakan bahawa kementerian akan memantau WRP Asia dengan dekat untuk memastikan pematuhan undang-undang Malaysia...Isu bermula dendan 'mogok' 3 hari pekerja pada bulan Januari 2019...

In January 2019, WRP Asia Pacific workers held a three-day strike demanding their wages.

In October last year, the US Customs and Borders banned WRP Asia Pacific from exporting its products to the United States over suspicion of forced labour.

Human Resources Minister M Kulasegaran previously said the ministry is closely monitoring developments at WRP Asia, including to ensure compliance with all requirements under the employment laws.

Apakah tindakan Menteri dan Kementerian? Mengapa tindakan tidak diambil terhadap syarikat WRP Asia? 

Pekerja asing yang didaftar sebagai pekerja syarikat lain - kerajaan boleh memastikan visa/pas kerja dipinda supaya pekerja asing ini secara sah menjadi pekerja asing WRP Asia...kenapa tak buat?  

Jika majikan kecil, saperti kedai kopi...selalu kita dengar penguatkuasaan undang-undang - JUSTERU isu kini bagaimana tak ada tindakan penguatkuasaan terhadap syarikat besar saperti WRP Asia? Adakah berlaku korupsi? Mungkin MACC perlu siasat...

Majikan tak bayar gaji pada masa yang ditetapkan undang-undang - Jika lewat gaji dibayar, MAJIKAN HARUS JUGA BAYAR FAEDAH LEWAT BAYAR GAJI - Undang-undang buruh harus dipinda...supaya jika majikan lewat bayar gaji, faedah harian untuk kelewatan harus juga dibayar oleh majikan kepada pekerja..

Pekerja bergantung kepada gaji untuk hidup - bayar sewa dan belanja kehidupan...bayar hutang bank berkenaan pinjaman beli rumah, kereta, perkakas rumah, dan lain-lain...Jika gaji tak dibayar tepat pada masanya, pekerja mungkin terpaksa PINJAM duit ...dimana kena juga bayar faedah untuk pinjaman ini...

SECARA ADIL, JIKA MAJIKAN TAK BAYAR GAJI PADA ATAU SEBELUM HARI YANG DITETAPKAN UNDANG-UNDANG, Majikan secara adil harus membayar faedah kelewatan bayar gaji...Mungkin faedah 10-14% setahun kiraan harian..

Undang-undang juga harus memastikan bahawa kelewatan membayar gaji hanya dibenarkan untuk 30% jumlah gaji....

Jika majikan syarikat, mungkin juga undang-undang juga mesti memerlukan pengarah syarikat memberikan jaminan peribadi berkenaan gaji/elaun pekerja. Kini bila syarikat buat pinjaman bank, bank perlukan jaminan peribadi pengarah - JUSTERU munahsabah bahawa jaminan peribadi pengarah diperlukan untuk obligasi majikan berkenaan gaji, OT, dan lain-lain bayaran kepada pekerja..

Pekerja asing senang ditindas --- bila habis pekerjaan, mereka dihantar pulang ke negara mereka - Keupayaan mengadu dan meneruskan tuntutan hak pekerja di Malaysia sama ada di Kementerian atau Mahkamah Buruh atau Mahkamah tidak ada ...sebab semua proses memerlukan kehadiran fizikal pekerja ditindas di Malaysia - tetapi pekerja asing bila habis pekerjaan tak ada visa/pas untuk terus tinggal di Malaysia sehingga tuntutan mereka diputuskan Kementerian atau Mahkamah...

Kini,  1,178 pekerja asing ini berasaskan dokumen dan permit bukan pun pekerja di WRP ASIA secara sah...walaupun mereka telah bekerja di WRP Asia...

Bila sebuah syarikat majikan bungkus atau digulungkan - wang yang diperolehi dari penjualan aset dan lain-lain harus mula-mula digunakan untuk membayar keberhutangan kepada pekerja ...Adakah ini berlaku? Mana pergi duit daripada syarikat yang sudah dilikuidasi(dibubarkan digulungkan ini? 

Di manakah MTUC dan Union berkenaan? Kenapa tak berjuang untuk pekerja ini?

JABATAN BURUH DAN MAHKAMAH BURUH adalah tempat dimana pekerja pergi untuk menuntut keadilan ...MENTERI harus memastikan bahawa semua lapuran kes Mahkamah Buruh dipaparkan dalam laman web Kementerian..

MENGAPA? Ini bukan sahaja akan menyedarkan pekerja tentang hak mereka tetapi juga akan menyakinkan pekerja bahawa KEMENTERIAN dan Mahkamah Buruh berkesan dan pekerja boleh berjaya...

DALAM isu WRP Asia, Menteri dan Kementerian, isu penindasan pekerja telah dihebohkan tahun lepas...dan menteri dan Kementerian menyatakan akan 'monitor'(memantau) - justeru bagaimana dengan pemantauan kementerian, penindasan dan pencabulan hak pekerja masih boleh berlaku?

Kerajaan PH yang baru - kita perlukan polisi dan undang-undang yang akan menjaga hak pekerja dengan lebih baik...Pemantauan kerap di syarikat majikan besar saperti WRP Asia sangat penting...kalau tidak pekerja yang jadi mangsa...

MACC kena siasat - mungkin juga Parlimen kena siasat...Kesatuan kena siasat...MTUC kena siasat...KEBENARAN PERLU DIDEDAHKAN...

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WRP Asia confirms hiring more than 1,000 irregular migrant workers

Alyaa Alhadjri

Published: Jan 12th, 2020  |  Modified: Jan 12th, 2020

The management of glove maker WRP Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd today revealed that among its staff include 1,178 migrant workers whose permits were in the name of liquidated companies affiliated to a former company board member.

Despite the workers' irregular status, lawyers acting on behalf of the current management confirmed that all claims for outstanding wages will be fully paid by next week.

"With this quick action to start making payments to the workers, we are walking the talk on reviving WRP.

"This includes settling the outstanding salaries due to over 1,178 foreign workers who had been irregularly employed (by WRP)...," said Mathew Thomas Philip, founder and manager of Thomas Philip Advocates and Solicitors, in a statement today.

Sources said the workers were originally employed by two companies and their permits have remained in the name of the two liquidated companies, resulting in their current limbo and irregular employment status with WRP Asia.

Contrary to its statement today, Malaysiakini understands that an independent audit commissioned by WRP Asia last year recorded 1,603 migrant workers in its employment.

From the figure, Bangladesh and Nepali citizens make up 75 percent of the workers, according to a copy of the audit report sighted by Malaysiakini.

The audit report also stated that 1,066 of the workers were supplied to WRP Asia by two contractors, which sources said, were the same liquidated companies referred to in the lawyer's statement.

International migrant worker rights specialist Andy Hall, who has been closely monitoring developments at WRP Asia, said the revelation today has raised even bigger questions that must be answered as part over labour law reforms.

"Finally it has been admitted that 1,178 irregular workers are currently employed at WRP.

"Now the questions have to be asked of those in power, how has this been allowed to happen? he said.

"The government were clearly aware, and the auditors were also aware.

"These workers are at high risk of forced labour," he added.

Many outstanding issues

Meanwhile, Thomas Philip reiterated the management's commitment to revive its operations which has been temporarily suspended since Dec 30.

"While all parties want matters sorted urgently, there are many outstanding issues created by the previous management that will take time to uncover and resolve.

"This is to be expected during such corporate exercises and we will not let the numerous rumours and resistance distract us from the real work.

"We have to be focused on the future now that we have begun the challenging task of rebuilding the company," Thomas Philip said.

He added that WRP's management is also in talks to resolve matters including payment of utilities due, renegotiating payment terms with creditors and rescheduling deliverables to existing customers.

Sources told Malaysiakini that the outstanding electricity bill due on Tuesday stands at RM4.1 million.

In January 2019, WRP Asia Pacific workers held a three-day strike demanding their wages.

In October last year, the US Customs and Borders banned WRP Asia Pacific from exporting its products to the United States over suspicion of forced labour.

Human Resources Minister M Kulasegaran previously said the ministry is closely monitoring developments at WRP Asia, including to ensure compliance with all requirements under the employment laws. - Malaysiakini, 12/1/2020