All publications: Malaysia

Research brief

Migration cost survey among Indonesian plantation workers in Malaysia

The International Labour Organization (ILO) commissioned a quantitative migration cost survey among Indonesian plantation workers in Malaysia with data collection from November 2018 to April 2019. The survey gathered data on migrant workers’...

Skills - Vocational Training

Regional Workshop Webinar: Promoting industry-led skills and TVET systems in Asia: The Role of Sector Skills Councils

Labour Law and Industrial Relations Reform

Report on Review of Malaysia’s Labour Dispute Resolution System

This report analyses Malaysia’s labour dispute resolution system, highlighting the interactions between different institutions, their actors, and their regulatory frameworks; and identifies areas for legislative and institutional reform.

Labour mobility between Asia and the Arab States: Sharing of experiences and progress under the Bali Declaration with specific focus on...

Background paper presented at the inter-regional meeting "Labour mobility between Asia and the Arab States: Sharing of experiences and progress under the Bali Declaration with specific focus on women migrant workers" held on 3-4 December 2019 in...

Skills and Prosperity Programme in Malaysia brochure

Skills for Prosperity in South-East Asia Programme brochure

Skills - Vocational Training

Skills for Prosperity in Southeast Asia Programme (SfP-SEA) -

The programme aims to contribute to increasing national capacity to achieve sustained and inclusive growth through the enhancement of skills development and TVET systems in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines

International practices of income protection for unemployed persons: Implications for Indonesia

Indonesia is in the process of developing unemployment protection scheme to offer effective unemployment protection to Indonesian jobseekers and their families. Around the world, there are more than 80 countries that has been implemented such...

Publication

The socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 in Malaysia: Policy review and guidance for protecting the most vulnerable and supporting enterprises

The COVID-19 pandemic has evolved into health, socioeconomic and humanitarian crises of unprecedented scale and impact. To support the Malaysian Government’s efforts to address the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19, this paper pulls together data...

Report

Enhancing standard employment contracts for migrant workers in the plantation and domestic work sectors in Malaysia

This paper was prepared for a multi-stakeholder dialogue on the use and application of standard contracts for migrant workers in the domestic and plantation sectors in Malaysia. The paper identifies areas where use and application of standard...

Report

Malaysia: Review of admission and recruitment practices of Indonesian workers in the plantation and domestic work sectors and related...

Indonesian workers have provided the bulk of the workforce for the plantation and the domestic work sectors in Malaysia, thereby making a significant contribution to the Malaysian economy over the years. This study on the admission and recruitment...

ILO/UN Women

Protecting the rights of domestic workers in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

This note explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domestic workers in Malaysia. It highlights the requirements of migrant domestic workers in light of the existing and emerging impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and makes recommendations to...

ILO/UN Women

COVID-19 and women migrant workers in ASEAN

This brief explores the multi-dimensional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women migrant workers in and from the ASEAN region. While women migrant workers in the ASEAN region strive to protect their livelihoods and their health, COVID-19 has...

Migration

Experiences of ASEAN migrant workers during COVID-19: Rights at work, migration and quarantine during the pandemic, and re-migration plans

The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting labour migration throughout the ASEAN region and globally. In 2019 there were an estimated 10 million international migrants in ASEAN, of whom nearly 50 per cent were women. The ILO undertook a rapid assessment...

The ILO Actuarial Services Facility in Bangkok: Providing actuarial support for countries and institutions in the Asia and Pacific region

This flyer summarises the ILO Actuarial Services Facility in Bangkok. It details the importance of actuarial work, the services provided by the facility and why the ILO's actuarial work is trusted in the region.

COVID-19: Impact on migrant workers and country response in Malaysia

Country brief prepared by the ILO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrant workers, and country responses.

TRIANGLE in ASEAN Internal Forward Looking Evaluation summary

TRIANGLE in ASEAN

Effective return and reintegration of migrant workers with special focus on ASEAN Member States

This report was prepared as the background document for the ASEAN Workshop on Reintegration Programmes for Returning Migrant Workers (27–28 August 2019) in Yogyakarta, organized by the Ministry of Manpower, Government of Indonesia, and the ILO...

ESSA Project

Extension of social protection to workers in informal employment in the ASEAN region

The report outlines recent trends in informal employment, challenges and opportunities for extending social protection, by different categories of workers and countries. It also documents relevant country experiences and lessons, and proposes...

ESSA Project

How to extend social protection to workers in informal employment in the ASEAN region

This policy brief is based on the findings and recommendations of the report, Expansion of Social Protection to Workers in Informal Employment, from the International Labour Organization. The report outlines recent trends in informal employment as...