Malaysia to protect gig workers with new legislation

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Malaysia will be among the first few countries in the world to have legislation protecting gig workers, said Human Resources Minister Steven Sim at a townhall with gig workers and industry players on Feb 19.   He said the Gig Workers Bill would be tabled in the current Parliament session soon.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00In preparing for today's draft, Kesumah has gone to all over the country for at least 11 sessions related to NGOs,

00:20workers' representatives, employees' representatives, representatives of other government departments and also stakeholders.

00:27We had a dialogue with 1,800 participants.

00:33Today, we have had a dialogue with almost 3,000 participants.

00:41That's one.

00:43To get the impact, we have to listen.

00:45Because there is one side who wants to wear a green shirt and want to read this.

00:49The other side wants to wear a blue shirt and want to read that.

00:51So we want to listen to everyone's opinion.

00:53Then, we open it for people who don't have time to meet the minister today.

01:01We open it online so that other people who don't have time to come down to our dialogue,

01:08because they are busy making riders,

01:10it's okay.

01:11We can give feedback online.

01:16And online, we get at least 300 feedback.

01:21So, I think this whole process is quite satisfying because we have met as many people as we need to get feedback.

01:31We all fight so that in the current parliamentary session,

01:38if everyone agrees that everything has been approved,

01:43then, after we have waited for 2019, 2020, 2021, and so on,

01:50finally, we have the latest draft for the gate workers.

02:04So, if everyone is okay,

02:07if the rules are not broken,

02:09I will bring it to the Cabinet after I discuss it with you

02:13to get the final approval of this law.

02:17Then, I can hold a meeting in Parliament in maybe two weeks from now.

02:22And if we pass this law,

02:25Malaysia will be among the first countries in the world,

02:30at least 15 countries in the world,

02:33to have a gate workers protection agreement.

02:36So, I ask for cooperation from all parties.

02:40Riders, employers, important parties,

02:45my colleagues in the ministries,

02:47all of them are all out, 100%.

02:49My colleagues in other ministries,

02:51and finally, of course, the honorable Dato' Sri Timah Lamenteri.

02:54We also hope that MPs, regardless of party,

02:58all Malaysians can fight together and realize

03:03that this new law creates history.

03:06There is one law, the gate workers law,

03:09to protect our country's gate industry sector.

03:12That's all. Thank you.

03:13Thank you, Mr. Speaker, to the four ministers.

03:17If I win,

03:19if I win this time,

03:21in the last two weeks,

03:24for this RU,

03:26our main component for social security

03:30is to include the market for silk.

03:34That is a component in this RU,

03:37in terms of social security.

03:39In terms of KWSP,

03:41of course, I cannot represent KWSU

03:44to give their statement,

03:46but if they want to include this component,

03:49actually, we will pass it,

03:51so that social security for this gate workers

03:54is more complete.

03:56But if they want to include KWSP,

03:58they have to pass the KWSP document.

04:01Okay?

04:02It can be a future plan, right?

04:03It can be a future plan.

04:04Of course, a lot of feedback that we get,

04:07the feedback that the MPs get,

04:09they hope that there can be a social security scheme

04:13that is more comprehensive.

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