KUALA LUMPUR | The proposed amendments to the Workers’ Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities (Amendment) Bill will not make it compulsory for all employers to provide housing and accommodation, said the Human Resources Ministry.
Kula: Not compulsory to provide housing for workers
Human Resources Minister M. Kulasegaran said it is not compulsory for employers to provide housing and accommodation.However, he said, it would be in the long run a good business decision if they do provide such facility.Read more at http://hrnews.my/2019/07/15/accommodation-for-employees-not-compulsory-says-hr-ministry/
Posted by HRnews.my on Monday, 15 July 2019
However, the ministry said should employers choose to provide their workers with such benefits, then the Bill would provide the minimum standards for them to comply.
“On the provision of centralised accommodation, this is among the accommodation options, other than any type of building for the purposes of human habitation available to the employers to accommodate their employees.
“This law does not make it compulsory for the employers to accommodate their workers at any centralised accommodation,” it said in a statement yesterday. (July12).
However, the new Bill aimed to expand the coverage of the current Act to all sectors, said the ministry.
On Thursday, Human Resources Minister M.Kulasegaran had tabled the Bill for first reading, which proposed to include sectors such as construction, manufacturing, including hi-tech industries.
The proposed Bill was in compliance with the international standards for developing countries on workers’ accommodation as well as the International Labour Organisation.
On Thursday, Malaysian Employers Federation executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan had said that during a discussion with the government, employers were made to understand that it was something to be done on a voluntary basis.
