妇女组文告 Extract of press release [2] -- 赞同将职场性骚扰条文纳入雇佣法案

(13/11/2009)
马华妇女组赞同将职场性骚扰条文纳入雇佣法案

马华妇女组妇女儿童援助局主任周丽玉指出，马华妇女组对人力资源部准备在明年3月提呈修正雇佣法案以加入职场性骚扰条文表示欢迎。此举将进一步提升公众对性骚扰的防范意识，也保障了女性员工的权益。因此她希望，人力资源部能尽快落实上述修正法案，以造福广大的女性同胞。同时，也希望人力资源部在提呈上述修正法案后，能加强监督有关法案的执行过程，以减少有关法案中的灰色地带，确保该法案能公平公正地执行。

Wanita MCA welcomes move to incorporate provisions on sexual harassment into labour law

Wanita MCA Women and Children Aid Bureau Chief Chew Lee Giok says the MCA women’s wing welcomes the move by the Ministry of Human Resource to amend the Employment Act 1955 to include provisions prohibiting sexual harassment in the workplace scheduled to be tabled in Parliament March next year. She says such a move will increase public awareness on the prevention of sexual harassment therefore protect rights and interests of women. She hopes that the Ministry of Human Resource could introduce the above provision as amendment to the Act as soon as possible for the benefit of women. She further hopes that the ministry could intensify monitoring efforts on the implementation of amendments to the Act to eliminate any gray areas and to ensure fair and just implementation.