Socio-legal framework on protecting migrant workers in Malaysia: Case study of Indonesian migrant domestic workers

Socio-legal framework on protecting migrant workers in Malaysia: Case study of Indonesian migrant domestic workers

Malaysia has more than 400,000 registered domestic workers from various countries, and Indonesian making up 90% of them. The Indonesian migrant domestic workers (IMDWs) also rate the highest in number of victims. With respect to vulnerabilities, they have fallen victims and entrapped in various disc...

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Main Author: Hakim, Muhammad Helmy
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JV Colonies and colonization
Emigration and immigration
International migration
K Law (General)
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topic JV Colonies and colonization
Emigration and immigration
International migration
K Law (General)
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Emigration and immigration
International migration
K Law (General)
Hakim, Muhammad Helmy
Socio-legal framework on protecting migrant workers in Malaysia: Case study of Indonesian migrant domestic workers
description Malaysia has more than 400,000 registered domestic workers from various countries, and Indonesian making up 90% of them. The Indonesian migrant domestic workers (IMDWs) also rate the highest in number of victims. With respect to vulnerabilities, they have fallen victims and entrapped in various discriminations. Unfortunately, they do not get due attention. This research primarily aims to assess legal consciousness of mistreated IMDWs by examining critically the interaction of their socio-cultural contexts and the Malaysian employment law within the framework of legal dispute processing. Given this, on a general basis, this research is to examine why only a few mistreated IMDWs, came forward to file lawsuit for adjudication. Additionally, the study is also undertaken to carry out socio-legal analysis with regard to developing patterns of disputes. Finally this study determines to identify the principal barriers which obstruct access to justice as experienced by mistreated IMDWs. This study employs a qualitative approach using case study techniques which are broadly applied in social science researches. The study reveals that IMDWs who are engaged in disputes have shown reluctance to exercise their rights since they were perceived as "legitimately defeated ". Trigger events, cultural context and personality styles are factors that have blocked their transformation from naming, blaming and initially claiming which ultimately have resulted in the development of strategies by IMDWs. This study provides evidence of various strategies of resistance used by domestic workers, such as dissimulation, murmuring in their mother tongue, swearing honesty against accusation, leaving their workplaces legitimately (desertion), third party mediation and using “zikir”. The obstacles that IMDWs face can be grouped into: (1) problems related to justice institutions and (2) problems related to justice seekers themselves.
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title Socio-legal framework on protecting migrant workers in Malaysia: Case study of Indonesian migrant domestic workers
title_short Socio-legal framework on protecting migrant workers in Malaysia: Case study of Indonesian migrant domestic workers
title_full Socio-legal framework on protecting migrant workers in Malaysia: Case study of Indonesian migrant domestic workers
title_fullStr Socio-legal framework on protecting migrant workers in Malaysia: Case study of Indonesian migrant domestic workers
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spelling my-uum-etd.62192021-03-18T07:11:33Z Socio-legal framework on protecting migrant workers in Malaysia: Case study of Indonesian migrant domestic workers 2015 Hakim, Muhammad Helmy Ahmad, Rusniah Mohd Noor, Mansor Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration K Law (General) Malaysia has more than 400,000 registered domestic workers from various countries, and Indonesian making up 90% of them. The Indonesian migrant domestic workers (IMDWs) also rate the highest in number of victims. With respect to vulnerabilities, they have fallen victims and entrapped in various discriminations. Unfortunately, they do not get due attention. This research primarily aims to assess legal consciousness of mistreated IMDWs by examining critically the interaction of their socio-cultural contexts and the Malaysian employment law within the framework of legal dispute processing. Given this, on a general basis, this research is to examine why only a few mistreated IMDWs, came forward to file lawsuit for adjudication. Additionally, the study is also undertaken to carry out socio-legal analysis with regard to developing patterns of disputes. Finally this study determines to identify the principal barriers which obstruct access to justice as experienced by mistreated IMDWs. This study employs a qualitative approach using case study techniques which are broadly applied in social science researches. The study reveals that IMDWs who are engaged in disputes have shown reluctance to exercise their rights since they were perceived as "legitimately defeated ". Trigger events, cultural context and personality styles are factors that have blocked their transformation from naming, blaming and initially claiming which ultimately have resulted in the development of strategies by IMDWs. This study provides evidence of various strategies of resistance used by domestic workers, such as dissimulation, murmuring in their mother tongue, swearing honesty against accusation, leaving their workplaces legitimately (desertion), third party mediation and using “zikir”. The obstacles that IMDWs face can be grouped into: (1) problems related to justice institutions and (2) problems related to justice seekers themselves. 2015 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/6219/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/6219/1/s90848_01.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/6219/2/s90848_02a.pdf text eng public Ph.D. doctoral Universiti Utara Malaysia Abu-Lughod, L. "The Romance of Resistance: Tracing Transformations of Power through Bedouin Women." Am. Ethnol 17 (1990): 41-56. 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