Kakak Juga Pekerja campaign: Groups seek recognition for domestic helpers
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Groups fighting for recognition of domestic work as formal work under the Employment Act 1955 have launched its Kakak Juga Pekerja campaign in conjunction with International Women s Day 2021.
The groups - Tenaganita, Persatuan Sahabat Wanita Selangor and Empower Malaysia - urged the government to amend the First Schedule of the Employment Act 1955 to remove explicit discrimination against domestic workers, a job almost exclusively dominated by women.
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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.