Sunday, 07 Mar 2021 08:27 PM MYT
BY KEERTAN AYAMANY
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 Women’s aid organisations have started a campaign to change laws that exempt domestic workers from protection under the Employment Act (EA) 1955, leaving them classified as “servants” and claimless to basic rights such as rest days, sick leave and maternity benefits.
The campaign, named “Kakak Juga Pekerja” after the Malay moniker for domestic workers was jointly launched today by the Selangor Friends Of Women Association, Empower Malaysia and Tenaganita, through a video stream on Zoom and Facebook.