KUALA LUMPUR: This is not the time to enforce a law requiring employers to provide proper accommodation to foreign workers when businesses are suffering, says the Malaysian Employers Federation.
Its executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan said the government’s decision to enforce the amendment to the Workers’ Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act on June 1 was insensitive and did not take into account the problems faced by employers.
Shamsuddin said the minimum space requirement per worker living in a permanent dwelling is 4.8sq m while temporary dwelling is 3sq m. He also said that the grace period was too short as they were trying to cope with the requirements under the conditional movement control order to revive businesses. However, Malaysian Medical Association president Dr N. Ganabaskaran welcomed the government’s move, saying that workers should not be living in cramped rooms and a limit must be set on the number of workers per room.
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