The global explosion of the Internet and its continued use by individuals, Islamic organisations and scholars to spread their teachings and activities has witnessed massive growth over the years. However, it appears that online Islamic content and activities may lack credibility and authority, since the websites are anonymous and uncontrolled in co

This chapter discusses the exploitation of national or local workers and the circumstances in which the employer would be held liable for his actions and conduct. Given the fact that the circumstances in which a worker may be subjected to exploitation are numerous, this chapter will only cover some of the selected circumstances. An employee who has

Website design features have been widely studied by researchers in various fields most especially in e-commerce. Indeed, website design features are widely regarded as vital tools that influence website use. However, few studies devoted significant attention on Islamic website design features that influence website use. The purpose of this study is

Majority of the workers are employed to earn a living. Undoubtedly, the wages or salary earned would be used to provide the employed and his family the basic necessities of life such as food, clothing, education, housing, leisure activities and eventually, saving for retirement. Considering that wages earned are the main source of income for most h

Human trafficking and smuggling of migrants is a global problem. It is a major crime against humanity and a sheer violation of the basic human rights. It involves illegal trade of human beings for commercial purposes such as sexual exploitation, prostitution, slavery, servitude, forced labour or illegal organ removal. People are being bought, sold

The engagement of workers on fixed-term contracts must be based on genuine grounds. A genuine fixed-term contract will terminate automatically on the date specified therein. In such cases, the issue whether the worker was dismissed from employment does not arise. In view of the above, this chapter discusses the prerogative of the employer to engage

The International Labour Conference had, in its 54th session on 22 June 1970, adopted the Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 (No. 131) and the Minimum Wage Fixing Recommendation 1970 (No. 135), which requires the ratifying states to establish a minimum wage fixing machinery which in turn, is capable of determining and periodically reviewing and a

The influx of migrant workers into the Malay Peninsula during the British administration of the Straits Settlements and the Malay States forms the basis of this chapter. Reference is made to the introduction of the labour legislation to accord protection of these workers against exploitation and abuse by the employers. It is noteworthy that the inf

The Employment (Restriction) Act 1968 regulates the employment of a non-citizen in any business, industry or undertaking whatsoever. The Act requires, inter alia, that the employment of a non-citizen in any business in the Federation must be upon the issuance of a valid employment permit. The employment permit so issued is only valid in respect of

Sound is one of the most important tools for classification, recognition and identification of objects in the environment. The raw sound signal is complex and is not suitable to be feed as input to the sound identification system; hence the need for a good front-end arises. The identification rate using the RNN classifier and MFCC is 72.7%, 73.7%,