ISTANBUL, June 8 — Myanmar’s military government has criticised a United Nations (UN) labour resolution passed against it, calling the move “politically motivated” and ineffective.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 — Employers are urged to comply with the Employment Act 1955 (Act 265) following complaints by some workers that they have not received wages or have had wages withheld from them.

PUTRAJAYA, June 25 – Malaysia is in the process of joining Alliance 8.7, as one of the 'pathfinder' countries that supports the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8.7 targets, Human Resource Minister V.

HAINAN, March 30 — Technological competition should be one of the principal agenda items for discussion at the highest levels, on par with discourses on security and general economic matters, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said.

PUTRAJAYA, 5 Feb — The revocation of the Withhold Release Order (WRO), imposed against Sime Darby Plantation by the United States Customs and Border Protection (US CBP), has a positive impact on the country's oil palm industry, said Human Resources Minister V.

GENEVA, Jan 17 — Global employment growth is expected to ease to half of the current growth rate in 2022, as labour market recovery may be prevented by uncertain economic conditions amid persisting Covid pandemic conditions, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said on Monday.

GENEVA, Jan 7 — Reduced working hours and more flexible working time arrangements, such as those used during the Covid-19 crisis, can bring benefits for economies, businesses and workers, such as greater productivity and improved work-life balance, a new report released by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Friday (January 6) found.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 21 — The enforcement of the Employment Act 1955 (Amendment) 2022, which was previously postponed, will be implemented on Jan 1, 2023, said Human Resources Minister V.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 14 — FGV Holdings Bhd (FGV), the Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Malaysia have co-organised a workshop to promote greater awareness and understanding of the issue of forced labour and child labour among FGV’s plantation workers.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 — FGV Holdings Bhd (FGV) has appointed Elevate as the independent auditing firm to conduct an assessment of FGV’s operations against the 11 International Labour Organisation (ILO) Indicators of Forced Labour.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 — FGV Holdings Bhd will be appointing an independent auditor to conduct an assessment on its operations which are deemed to be against the 11 International Labour Organisation (ILO) indicators of forced labour, as advised by the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

ANKARA, June 3 — The pandemic-driven labour market crisis is not going to end anytime soon, and employment growth will not be enough to cover the losses suffered at least until 2023, according to the latest projections by the International Labor Organisation (ILO).

MOSCOW, May 17 — A World Health Organisation (WHO) and International Labour Organisation (ILO) study showed that long working hours were the cause of 745,000 deaths from stroke and ischemic heart disease in 2016, Sputnik reported.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — Top Glove Corporation Bhd has reiterated its commitment to working closely with the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to resolve the withhold release order (WRO) and the forced labour finding against it.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 — Top Glove Corporation Bhd has resolved all 11 forced labour indicators issued by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) effective April 22, 2021.

SHAH ALAM, April 16 — Top Glove Corporation Bhd is currently in the third stage of the US Customs and Border Protection (US CBP) Withhold Release Order (WRO) modification process.

BANGKOK, Dec 15 — Some 81 million jobs are lost from the Asia-Pacific labour markets as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic while women and young people are disproportionately hit, according to a report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).