Directing employers to make compulsory social security payments to all workers employed in Malaysia by December 2024
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Malaysia, the main destination of Nepali workers, has brought under the scope of Social Security (SOSCO) foreign workers who do not have a valid residence visa (documentless) and the families of deceased workers who have left the employer company.
Since 2019, Malaysia has brought foreign workers including Nepal into the scope of social security . However, a social security plan was not introduced to provide more financial security to undocumented foreign workers and victim families.
There are four lakh Nepalis working in Malaysia. In the last financial year, 82 thousand Nepalis were taken to Malaysia. Employers have been instructed to make mandatory social security payments to all workers employed in Malaysia by December 2024.
The International Labor Organization (ILO) said that Malaysia's latest decision is a big step forward for the social security of migrant workers working in Malaysia. This is a very big progress in Malaysia. It does not discriminate between any particular nationality. "This will help to establish an inclusive social security framework in Malaysia," said ILO social security expert Simon Brimblecombe, "this policy will help to fulfill the resolution that no one should be left behind in social security." The subject has been addressed. In which benefits will be provided in case of injury or death due to a workplace accident. Every year in Malaysia, over four hundred Nepalis are dying due to occupational accidents and diseases.
Workers will be unemployed until they find another job and unemployment allowance will be received . Three-thirds of the monthly salary will be given to the family members of the victims who are at risk of economic security after the death of their loved ones, since the undocumented workers will get treatment facilities . It covers workers unable to work due to illness or disability.
According to the Nepali Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, the most problematic in Malaysia are undocumented Nepali workers. If these workers fall ill, they are deprived of getting treatment services in government hospitals . If the worker dies, the employer company does not take responsibility for sending the body to the country. Undocumented workers are becoming the biggest headache for Malaysia itself.
According to the ILO, the inclusion of foreign workers in the scope of social security provides a safety net for migrant workers and their families. Reduces the financial burden on the victim's family. will further improve the productivity of foreign workers .
Both employers and workers must contribute to social security . 0.5 percent of workers' wages should be contributed to the social security system. It is not the workers themselves who go and contribute to the system . The employer will deposit it.
Former Labor Councilor for Malaysia Deepak Dhakal says that attention should be paid to administrative simplicity in social security for migrant workers. "As much as the social security plan has been given to the migrant workers, Malaysia should simplify the administrative services so that the workers can get it effectively," he said, "Malaysia needs to ensure that every worker gets social security."
