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PETALING JAYA: Glove maker Brightway Holdings and two of its subsidiaries will face 30 charges under the Minimum Standards of Housing and Services for Workers Act of 1990 (Law 446), says the Ministry of Human Resources.
The ministry said that the Peninsular Malaysia Department of Labor was in the process of completing investigation documents and that 22 charges would be brought against Brightway and its Klang-based subsidiary Biopro.
The ministry said La Glove, a Kajang-based subsidiary of Brightway, would face up to eight charges under the same law.
“Among the offenses is the failure of the employer to obtain a Certificate of Accommodation from the Director General of the Department of Labor of Peninsular Malaysia under section 24D of Law 446.
“There is also a violation of the Regulation of Law 446 that involves the provision of facilities that do not meet the minimum standard specifications established,” he said in a statement on Sunday (December 27).
If convicted, the company can face a maximum fine of RM50,000 for each crime.
“All investigative documents are in the final stages of preparation before being submitted to the Deputy Prosecutor’s Department (TPR).
The ministry noted that the 1,000 RM compound issued to the company by the Klang District Health Office was related to the Infectious Disease Prevention Act of 1988.
He said that this action was not related to the application of Law 446 under the jurisdiction of the Department of Labor of Peninsular Malaysia.
“The Ministry of Human Resources will not commit itself to any infringement or breach of Law 446 and its regulations.
The ministry also urged centralized accommodation providers and employers who have not yet submitted any accommodation certificate applications to do so immediately to avoid legal action against them.
On Monday (December 21), ministry officials carried out a raid on a glove factory in Kajang, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, where they found workers living in dirty and narrow shipping containers stacked behind the facility.
Human Resources Minister M. Saravanan was reported to have said the ministry had sufficient evidence to enforce the rule of law.
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