People with disabilities and jobs during a pandemic
April 30, 2021
This article is in conjunction with the annual Workers’ Day celebration on May 1.
KUALA LUMPUR – As the nation prepares to celebrate Workers’ Day on Saturday, albeit on a limited scale due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a stark truth has emerged about the employment of people with disabilities (PwD).
Sadly, the pandemic has made it all the more difficult for PwD to remain gainfully employed, not to mention the usual impediments of constraints of facilities in the workplace and acceptance by the public, especially employers.
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One reason for this, according to the analysts interviewed, is that the pandemic has not spared ordinary people either. COVID-19 has also cast them into the world of unemployment and forced them to look for new jobs to keep their heads above water.
The Human Resources Ministry agrees that employers grant their employees leave to take Covid-19 vaccine shot.
Its Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan (pic) said the leave would give confidence to Malaysians to be vaccinated as some are still worried about the jab
Saturday, 10 Apr 2021 05:12 PM MYT
A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to a frontliner at the UiTM Private Specialist Centre in Sungai Buloh March 2, 2021. ― Picture by Hari Anggara
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 10 The Human Resources Ministry agrees that employers grant their employees leave to take Covid-19 vaccine shot.
Its Minister, Datuk Seri M. Saravanan said the leave would give confidence to Malaysians to be vaccinated as some are still worried about the jab.
“However, it depends on the employer to give leave as the government cannot declare a special holiday as it is not carried out on the same day,” he said at a media conference after attending the launch of Functional Adaptive Clothing by Social Security Organisation (Socso) here today.
10 Apr 2021 / 17:50 H.
KUALA
LUMPUR: The Human Resources Ministry agrees that employers grant their employees leave to take Covid-19 vaccine shots.
Its Minister, Datuk Seri M. Saravanan (
pix) said the leave would give confidence to Malaysians to be vaccinated as some are still worried about the jab.
“However, it depends on the employer to give leave as the government can not declare a special holiday as it is not carried out on the same day,” he said at a media conference after attending the launch of Functional Adaptive Clothing by the Social Security Organisation (Socso) here today.
Recently, Coordinating Minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, Khairy Jamaluddin said there were several suggestions raised at the meeting of the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV) with the Human Resource Ministry, among them was a call for employers to give leave to the staff to take their vaccine shots.
KUALA LUMPUR: The decision on leave for workers for Covid-19 vaccinations will be made only after engaging with stakeholders and worker unions, says Human Resource Minister Datuk Seri M Saravanan.
He said that the issue of taking off for a whole day for employees after receiving vaccination has to be looked into carefully as it may affect the flow of industries and added that he has spoken to Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba on the issue. The Human Resource Ministry will only make its decision on giving a day off for workers who receive the vaccination after we have spoken to union representatives such as the Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC), said Saravanan.