KUALA LUMPUR – A plaster ceiling manufacturer in Ipoh will be investigated by the Labour Department over its failure to adhere to the Workers’ Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act 1990 (Act 446).
Perak Labour Department director Muhamad Fauzi Abd Ghani told the New Straits Times that the manufacturer did not provide proper accommodation for its workers.
“We found that the company failed to ensure the beds are spaced 0.7m apart, (there are) no lockers for workers to keep their personal belongings, while their dormitories are not conducive.
"Upon checking the toilets, we found that all of them were too dirty. The workers also slept on a 1.5 inch-thick mattress, but the employer should provide 4 inch-thick mattresses to each worker,” he was quoted as saying after the raid on the dormitories in Chemor today.
The department has also opened 10 investigation papers on a glove manufacturer in Ipoh for violating Act 446.
“We are at the final stage before the investigation papers can be submitted to the deputy public prosecutor,” said Fauzi.
Last November, a raid on the glove maker found that its workers’ dorms were overcrowded and unsanitary. – The Vibes, January 13, 2021
