Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has been signed by Malaysian Government on 8 April 2008. It shows the desire and commitment of the Government of Malaysia to give recognition to the rights of People with Disabilities. The aim of this article is to review the rights to work for Persons with Disabilities under the Federal Constitution and Person with Disabilities Act 2008 in Malaysia. This study will use Legal studies as research methodology and it involved two types of method which is doctrine study of the law and socio-legal studies. The studies showed that the rights to work for PWDs in Malaysia stated as generally in the Federal Constitution and the rights has been detailed in Person With Disabilities Act 2008. The existence of the right to work exclusively under the Person With Disabilities Act 2008 makes those rights not only for normal people but it is also owned by the PWDs. However, the existence of legislation alone is not enough if followed by enforcement. Thus, the improvement in the law and its implementation should be further strengthened through several proposals suggested by this article. It is to ensure the rights of the PWDs to get the job be given serious attention by the community in line with the original purpose of Persons with Disabilities Act 2008 being created.
Ini bermakna hampir tiga juta rakyat Malaysia adalah golongan OKU dan jumlah yang besar ini mampu mempengaruhi corak pembangunan ekonomi sesebuah negara. Atas dasar itu, artikel ini membincangkan masalah utama yang dihadapi oleh golongan OKU dalam aspek pekerjaan iaitu amalan pengurusan hak pekerja kurang upaya di sesebuah organisasi. Objektif artikel ini adalah untuk: (1) mengenal pasti hak-hak OKU dalam aspek pekerjaan berdasarkan undang-undang di Malaysia; (2) mengenal pasti amalan pengurusan sesebuah organisasi dalam melindungi hak pekerja kurang upaya; dan (3) mencadangkan langkah-langkah penambahbaikan terhadap undang-undang sedia ada bagi melindungi hak pekerja kurang upaya di Malaysia. Bagi memenuhi objektif ini, pendekatan kajian sosio perundangan yang melibatkan masalah sosial dan isu serta persoalan berhubung dengan masyarakat digunakan. Isu-isu yang dikaji meliputi amalan atau praktis sesebuah organisasi yang menggaji pekerja kurang upaya dalam memastikan hak OKU berdasarkan Akta OKU 2008. Ia meliputi tiga perkara iaitu kadar upah, peluang kenaikan pangkat dan persekitaran tempat kerja. Hasil dapatan mendapati, hanya kadar upah sahaja yang memenuhi kehendak peruntukan dalam Akta OKU 2008 sebaliknya tidak bagi dua perkara lagi. Sehubungan dengan itu, dua cadangan dikemukakan bagi memastikan golongan pekerja kurang upaya mendapat perlindungan sewajarnya di tempat kerja iaitu penambahbaikan dari sudut definisi pekerja kurang upaya dan penambahan aspek hukuman terhadap pelanggaran Akta OKU 2008. Melalui penambahbaikan ini, semua pihak khususnya majikan atau organisasi dapat memahami serta mengenali keperluan dan kehendak pekerja kurang upaya seterusnya membawa kepada penguatkuasaan akta yang lebih berkesan.
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