workmen compensation

Nowadays, around the world there are many issue arise because of the social security problem. As what we would like to discuss, we are more focusing on the issue about social security in Malaysia. We will discuss the issue on social security that relate with Workmen Compensation Act 1952. This is an act that provide for the payment of compensation benefits to a foreign worker who possesses valid employment document for injuries sustained due to accident which arises out of or in the course of employment of if death results from the accident to the dependants. 1 Same likes other act, this act also provide in the case of fatal accident or contracting an occupational disease to the worker dependants. For the information, foreign worker are not covered under Social Security Organization (SOCSO) because they are covered under Workmen Compensation Act 1952. Human Resource Deputy Minister, Datuk Maznah Mazlan told Dewan Rakyat the contributions under this act are covered death, disability and permanent disability2.
Three types of cases that will covered under this act like what had been mentioned above first of all, temporary disablement case. This case involve temporary disablement which is the ability of a person to earn his living in the occupation that he used to do at the time of the accident has been decreased temporarily. Apart from that, permanent disablement case is the case that involve person who has permanently lost his ability to carry out all types of occupations that he used to do at the time of the accident. Last but not least is fatal case which is death that occurs as a result of accident occurring at the work place. As statistics show the 40% from 1.8 million legal foreign workers in manufacturing sector, construction is 20%, plantation is 14%, housemaids is 12%, services is 10% and the rest in the agriculture sector. The issue that arise is when this total number of foreign workers give burden to the government as the cost of hiring the actually