KUCHING: The Ministry of Human Resources (MoHR) launched a two-day operation, codenamed ‘Ops Bersepadu Kesuma’, to inspect 60 private sector companies here.
The operation, which began today (Oct 22), involves five departments and agencies under MoHR.
The state-level operation is being carried out by 35 enforcement officers from the Sarawak Labour Department, Social Security Organisation (SOCSO), MoHR’s Regulatory and Enforcement Branch, the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), and Human Resource Development (HRD).
Sarawak Labour Department director Awang Raduan Awang Omar said that departments and agencies will enforce their respective laws throughout the operation.
“Among the laws enforced are the Sarawak Labour Ordinance, Employees’ Social Security Act (Act 4), Employment Insurance System (Act 800), the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 and more.
“We will be checking salary payments, overtime payments, maternity leave, and other employee rights that employers must adhere to,” he said after officiating at the launch of the two-day operation at Wisma PERKESO.
The objectives of ‘Ops Bersepadu Kesuma’ are to ensure compliance with labour laws, optimise the existing workforce, and strengthen enforcement efforts across departments and agencies under the ministry.
He added that it also aims to improve coordination in sharing information and labour data, ensuring systematic enforcement, and supporting regulatory and enforcement efforts under the Human Resource Development Berhad Act 2001.
“In addition to inspections, enforcement officers will also educate employers and workers on the importance of complying with the country’s labour laws,” he said.
Asked on inspections on Global Ikhwan Service and Business Holding (GISBH) premises, Awang Raduan pointed out that his department had gone to the identified premises and discovered that majority of them have closed down.
“Most of them have closed down and there are a select few that are still open. But they are in the process of closing down their operations as they are clearing out stocks.
“Because of that, we are not able to identify the people behind these premises, which are located across Kuching, Sibu and Miri,” he said.
He added that the department did not receive any complaints on GISBH links in Sarawak before the major operation broke out in Malaya last month.
Also present was Sarawak DOSH director Jamadi Yusup and MoHR Regulatory and Enforcement Division chief Mohd Hazim Mohd Rejab.
