Its president calls on employers and unions to cooperate in this critical period.
| The Malaysian Trades Union Congress today advised employers to ensure that Covid-19 is not used as an excuse to shortchange workers so as to avoid any trust deficit.
MTUC secretary-general J Solomon said the current situation calls for frequent engagement between employers and trade unions to ensure that the disease and the resulting fear is contained. “By closely engaging with each other, no party will harbour any suspicious thought on actions taken at the workplace. This includes any action to quarantine, if necessary, which should not be seen as discriminatory but as a health initiative,” he said.
The statement also listed several measures for employers, among others reinforcing sick leave policies and encouraging employees to stay home if they are feeling ill to the extent feasible and not sending employees to China or any other affected location, unless absolutely necessary.
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