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Should We Make Rest Days Mandatory?

Dr Niaz Asadullah, Southeast Asia Lead, Global Labor Organisation, and Professor of Economics, Monash University Malaysia

06-May-22 17:00

Should We Make Rest Days Mandatory?

Last week, Arulkumar Singaraveloo, Malaysia HR Forum and Social Compliance Malaysia’s CEO and co-founder, called for the government to consider making rest days mandatory for all workers, in line with ILO standards. We look into Malaysia's current policy and discuss the importance of rest days.

Image source: Keira Burton, Pexels

Produced by: Alia Zefri

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan


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Categories:  law and legal matterssocial issuesSME

Tags:  mandatory rest dayevening editionemploymentiloforced labouremployeeworking conditions





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