Improve tender process, make companies respect workers' rights, govt told

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A group that fights for the welfare of contract labourers today urged Putrajaya to tighten its tender awarding process, saying that hiring unscrupulous contractors contributes to the continuous cycle of workers' abuse.The Government Contract Workers' Network (JPKK) also called for the government to include additional conditions in their contract agreements to compel companies to protect their employees' rights.JPKK national coordinator Danial Hakeem told a virtual press conference this afternoon that the government should blacklist companies that are found to subcontract their jobs to others and bar politically linked contractors from participating in the tender process."Our second suggestion is that the government should lower the security bond (for government contracts) to only between RM200,000 and RM300,000. This is to prevent tenders from being monopolise…