16 compliance notices to hotels in Statewide op
Published on: Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Kota Kinabalu: The Sabah Labour Department inspected 51 hotels, lodging houses and other accommodation facilities in a Statewide operation Tuesday and issued 16 compliance notices for various offences, opened two investigation papers and listed 30 for further examination.Its Enforcement Division Principal Assistant Director Maziah Binti Maon said most of the notices pertained to failure to provide employment or service contracts to workers and failure to give copies of the contracts to them.She said employers must provide service contracts to workers and copies of the contracts must be given to them (workers), adding that failure to do so is an offence under the Sabah Labour Ordinance Cap 67.
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"The notices given to the employers must be complied with within 14 days from the date of the issuance," she said, adding that the "Ops Patuh" aimed to educate and provide an opportunity for operators in the hospitality industry to take corrective action."The department chose the sector this time because it contributes many jobs in the State and majority of the workers are locals who are capable and skilful and often offered attractive salaries overseas."Hence this operation to ensure those workers will not migrate and seek greener pastures abroad," she told Daily Express, Tuesday.Maziah said the two investigation papers were opened for offences which she could not disclose yet, while the 30 listed for further inspection were because of incomplete documents and had no human resource manager that can be referred to, among others.
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On the 16 compliance notices, she said some of the offences were compoundable for up to RM10,000 as stated under the Sabah Labour Ordinance Cap 67, while some can be brought to court for legal action under the Ordinance."We have set a target of conducting the operation twice in a month as a continuous move to monitor employers against violations of labour laws and regulations.
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"It is also to ensure the employers would not take advantage of workers lacking knowledge of their rights.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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