The International Labor Standard on the Elimination of Discrimination in Employment: Response and Prospect of Malaysia
Discrimination in employment has its wider social and
economic consequences other than mere violating a basic human
right. Discrimination involves treating people differently because of
certain grounds such as race, color, or sex, which results in the
impairment of equality of opportunity and treatment. As an essential
part of promoting decent work, combating discrimination through the
principle of non-discrimination has been established by the
International Labor Organization (ILO) through the Declaration on
Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work 1998. Considering
elimination of discrimination in employment as a core labor standard,
member states are expected to respect, promote and implement it to
their national laws and policies. Being a member state, Malaysia has
to position herself align with this international requirement. The
author discusses the related convention together with Malaysia-s
responses on the matter. At the closing stage, the prospect of
Malaysia is presumed taking into account of the current positions and
reports submitted to the ILO.
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principles and rights: a challenge for the future", Int-l Lab. Rev., vol.
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Geneva: International Labor Office, 2003.
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May, 2008).
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<http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/docs/declworld.htm> (accessed 18
April, 2005).
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French law", Int-l Lab. Rev., vol. 132, no. 5/6, pp. 673- , 1993.
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International Labor Office".
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6 July, 2006).
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of the Federal Court decision in Beatrice Fernandez", The Law Review,
pp. 373-381, 2005.
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(2000-2012): Elimination of discrimination in respect of employment
and occupation (DISC). http://www.ilo.org/declaration/followup/
annualreview/countrybaselines/WCMS_091262/lang--en/index.htm
(accessed on 20 February 2013).
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Sharpe, 2001.
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economic consequences other than mere violating a basic human
right. Discrimination involves treating people differently because of
certain grounds such as race, color, or sex, which results in the
impairment of equality of opportunity and treatment. As an essential
part of promoting decent work, combating discrimination through the
principle of non-discrimination has been established by the
International Labor Organization (ILO) through the Declaration on
Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work 1998. Considering
elimination of discrimination in employment as a core labor standard,
member states are expected to respect, promote and implement it to
their national laws and policies. Being a member state, Malaysia has
to position herself align with this international requirement. The
author discusses the related convention together with Malaysia-s
responses on the matter. At the closing stage, the prospect of
Malaysia is presumed taking into account of the current positions and
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