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Domestic Workers Or Domestic Servants?

Irene Xavier, Executive Director, Selangor Friends of Women Association

09-Mar-21 07:17

Domestic Workers Or Domestic Servants?

A coalition of NGOs has started a ‘Kakak Juga Perkerja’ campaign, fighting for domestic helpers to be recognised as formal workers and urging the government to amend the Employment Act 1955 which exempts them from certain basic labour rights available to domestic workers.

For more insight, The Morning Run speaks with Irene Xavier, Executive Director of Persatuan Sahabat Wanita Selangor, one of the groups behind this campaign.

Image Credit: VioletNur / Shutterstock.com

Produced by: Arleen Webber

Presented by: Lyn Mak, Noelle Lim, Roshan Kanesan


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