Employers Urged to Join Workers' Health and Safety Programmes
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The Ministry of Human Resources is urging more employers to partake in health and safety programmes following the global pandemic and the rising trend of non-communicable diseases (NCD).
Its minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan said it was found that only 96 employers partook in the Workplace Health Promotion Seminar (WHP) programme since its inception in 2017.
“In terms of participation, I am not satisfied that only 96 companies have adopted this programme. Therefore, we want to create awareness among more employers and in my opinion, participation will increase due to Covid-19,” he said.
The minister said the Social Security Organisation (Socso) had noticed that the number of invalidity pension and survivors’ pension cases due to NCD had grown by more than 100% within 10 years since 2010.
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“In nine years from 2010, the number has increased significantly from 10,419 to 22,591 in 2019,” he said, adding that 7,236 deaths due to NCD were reported, an average of 20 deaths per day.
He also said that the ministry does not compromise in terms of the health and safety of employees which is very important and we expect employers to participate in the existing programme for the welfare of employees.
'No trace of forced labour'
The Human Resources Ministry said that there are no elements concerning forced labour with regards to the detention order enforced on a local glove manufacturing company by the US authorities.
In a statement, the ministry said this was resolved through investigations conducted by a combined task force from the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007 and movement control order (MCO) in which the company was found to have breached standard operating procedures (SOPs) under the MCO, but that no violations of forced labour were found.
“The company was found flouting the rules under the recovery MCO, such as no social distancing between workers at the workplace and crowded accommodation for workers. The company has since been issued a compound by the Health Ministry and compliance notice by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government,” the statement read.
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