Rights of the disabled during pandemic

BY ERDA KHURSYIAH BASIR This article is in conjunction with the annual Workers’ Day celebration on May 1. As the nation prepares to celebrate Workers’ Day on Saturday, albeit on a limited scale due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a stark truth has emerged about the employment of people with disabilities (PwD). Sadly, the pandemichas made […]

Workers’ Day in the new normal

KUALA LUMPUR: Today, Malaysian workers observe Workers’ Day while still in the movement control order (MCO) period, with a new atmosphere brought about by challenges arising from the Covid-19 pandemic. There are no gatherings planned by the federal or state governments to celebrate the day, and this is part of the new normal which Malaysians […]