Published on: Sunday, February 21, 2021
By: FMT
A workers’ quarters near a construction site.
PETALING JAYA: The workers’ minimum standards of housing and amenities act 1990 (Act 446) will now be enforced in Sabah and Sarawak, following an amendment to the Act, Human Resources Minister M Saravanan said.
There were previously no laws related to employee housing in Sabah and Sarawak.
“This is just for the duration of the emergency. We will have discussions with the states to see how effective the Act is,” he said.
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The Emergency Ordinance (Workers’ Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities) 2021 was gazetted on Feb 17, which now allows the law to be implemented in Sabah and Sarawak.
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KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Employers Association (SEA) has questioned the rationale behind the government’s decision to enforce the Workers’ Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act 1990 (Act 446) in the state