WAO: Amended Employment Act still allows workplace discrimination

The amendments to the Employment Act have been approved in the Dewan Rakyat on Monday, but the Women’s Aid Organisation feels there are still some concerns that need to be addressed.

One of them is the provisions on the grounds of discrimination.

While the bill now empowers the Labour Department director-general to investigate employer-employee disputes on discrimination, it does not prohibit discrimination itself from occurring.

“Employers can be...