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%,

The level crossing (LX) or railway crossing being an intersection between a public road and a railway line, can be controlled actively or passively. Sound recognition can be used to actively control a level crossing. A system is proposed in this study for the use of sound to control a LX. This proposed system uses Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficient

Given the fact that the courts are moulding the law to the changing needs of the society, this chapter discusses the development of common law applicable to an employment relationship.The courts have now recognised that a contract of employment is neither concerned with trade or commerce nor with profit but more with psychology and identity element

Despite the existence of labour legislations, migrant workers, in certain sectors, are still subjected to physical, verbal or psychological abuse with little or no consideration of their well-being. For example, poor and unsafe working standards, excessive working hours, non-payment or lower payment of wages, forced labour, child labour and sexual

It is recognised and accepted that all workers should be treated with fairness, dignity and equality without distinction whether they are locals or migrants. There are many employment statutes enforced in Malaysia which are applicable to all workers including migrant workers, unless the legislature expressly excluded its application to certain clas

This chapter discusses the qualities of work ethics desired from a Muslim employee, whether local or migrant namely, diligence and trustworthiness. In relation to the above, reference is made to the Qur’an, in Surah al Qasas (28): verses 21 to 27. The verses contain the story of Prophet Musa (a.s.) who had, inter alia, assisted two women in water