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Pilot a programme to provide men 4.2. Improved Increase the number of support 2023, 2025
and women migrant workers with national capacity to services (e.g. shelters, freedom of
information on rights, access to protect and support movement, skills training
essential services and complaints victims of forced opportunities, employment
mechanism through Information, labour and prevent opportunities) for victims of forced
Education and Communication (IEC) that vulnerable labour, starting with establishing a National Action Plan on Forced Labour (2021-2025)
materials in multiple languages workers become new shelter in Sarawak.
provided by immigration/customs victims through
officials upon entry to the country. establishing better
(NAPTIP) systems and
procedures and Conduct needs assessment to check
Develop and deliver on-arrival training relevant if the views of victims have been
training and information to migrant stakeholders taken into consideration and that
workers on forced labour definitions support services made available are
and risks, legal requirements and relevant to their needs.
possible avenues for assistance for
victims. (NAPTIP)
Explore a pilot automatic issuance of Train law enforcement officials and
Special Pass and Visit Pass to court staff, workers, employers,
migrant workers who are seeking NGO representatives, labour
redress through the Labour attaches or consular officers,
Department or the Industrial religious and community leaders on
Relations Department to remain in forced labour and ways to support
Malaysia and work, until the final victims and prevent forced labour.
disposition of their case.
Engage the migrant community
leaders, foreign spouses, foreign
language teachers and embassy Support businesses to establish
officials in an institutionalised human rights departments and
system to assist in interpretation implement prevention and
with victims of forced labour. remediation measures, using
experiences from existing initiatives.
4 By 2025, victims of forced 4.1. Improved access Enhance Working for Workers app 2022, 2025
labour will have to remedy of victims to allow all workers, including
improved access to of forced labour undocumented to report potential
remedy, support and forced labour cases, and with the Develop and implement a specific
protection services and following enhancements: remediation plan at national or state
systems to prevent level, identifying specific key actors
forced labour will be • strengthening features of workers’ and their mandates and ensuring
improved privacy and non-retaliation; coordination and nation-wide
• strengthening complaint features coverage of remediation and
that enable adequate capturing of
support services.
National Action Plan on Forced Labour (2021-2025) on Protection and employers particularly in high risk referral mechanism, with clear roles
indicators of forced labor;
(Implementation to be
• widen socialization of the existing
coordinated by the
grievance mechanisms, including
Technical Committee
Disseminate guidelines on national
the Working for Workers Apps to
and responsibilities of different
Remedies)
sectors such as manufacturing,
parties.
construction and plantation; and
• enhance capacity of the grievance
handlers (under MOHR) to
effectively mediate and address
grievances, including potential cases
of forced labour.