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Abused And Alone: Legal Redress For Migrant Domestic Workers In Malaysia, Jennifer Whelan, Rohaida Nordin, Ma Kalthum Ishak, Nursyuhada Matwi

Indonesia Law Review

Malaysia’s rapid economic development has relied on Malaysian workers as well as on migrant workers, especially from ASEAN countries and South Asia. The sustained high economic growth rates in Malaysia over approximately three decades caused the increase in migrant workers, who were to meet the rising demand in certain sectors of the Malaysian labour market. The objective of the article is to identify potential opportunities for policy and legislative reform in relation to Malaysia’s implementation of its obligations as a Migrant Domestic Worker (MDW) receiving country specifically in relation to the barriers to MDW bringing claims where their rights have …