Subcontracted and outsourced labourers with no job security nor benefits will become more widespread in Malaysia under the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), warned Klang MP Charles Santiago.

Presently, he said, Malaysian law allows only the plantation sector to hire such workers, although it is also prevalent in other sectors, despite it being illegal.

However, with Malaysia signing a TPPA side agreement with the United States, this will allow all sectors of the Malaysian economy to hire outsourced labour.

“We are the last generation to be in permanent employment. When your children in the future want employment, he is going to look for a contractor...