Workers left in the lurch without compensation Vignesh Kumar | October 9, 2013 45 workers dismissed without compensation when company folded spurring Parti Sosialis Malaysia to hand an appeal letter on behalf of the workers to the Japanese Embassy in hope the issue would be resolved. VIDEO INSIDE KUALA LUMPUR: Forty-five workers have been left in the lurch when a Japanese company in Bangi, which they have served for decades, dismissed them in July without reason and compensation. The workers of Sanon Kogya (M) Sdn Bhd accompanied by Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) representatives approached Industrial Relations Department of the Human Resource Ministry last month in a bid to compel the company to at least pay a fair compensation for their dismissal. However, the company had informed the workers, all of whom are aged 40 and above, that it was unable to pay them as it was in a dire financial state, spurring PSM to hand an appeal letter on behalf of the workers to the Japanese Embassy this morning. The workers had filed a case with the hearing at the industrial court fixed for Oct 24. According to PSM, the Japanese company had promised to liaise with the bankrupt parent company in Japan and would revert to PSM soonest. Prior to the dismissal, the workers were not paid on time or paid a fraction of their monthly salary since 2008. In early July this year, they were told to go on no-pay leave until July 16 as orders had slowed to a trickle thus, production had to stop. When the workers reported for work on July 17, they were told that they had been dismissed and to leave the premises immediately. Rohani Zainudin, 47, said she was shocked that the company was also unable to pay the two months salary owed to her and the others. “Besides the two months salary, the company also has to compensate us when the company retrenched us as provided for in our employment terms and conditions,” she added. According to the workers, the employer had not been contributing to their Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) savings despite the monthly deductions.
Posted on: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 10:13:15 +0000
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