Non-compliance to tribunal court award by PMA maid agency

GraceWongSM

Dear all,

This is for public awareness so others do not fall victim to unscrupulous maid agencies & the challenges involving non-compliance of court awards.

Agensi Pekerjaan PMA (Penang HQ with branches in Alor Setar, Puchong & Cheras) has committed criminal offense of not abiding in MORE THAN ONE award handed down by the Tribunal Court.

I had my court hearing with PMA on 4th September 2014. Thanks to social media, I came to know of a lady in the same dilemma as me. In both hearings, the judge has awarded us monetary refund due to misrepresentation & incompetent maids who ran away just weeks into their employment.

PMA has not only defied the 14 days deadline to pay the award but has ignored appointments fixed by the Ministry of Trade & Consumerism enforcement officers to investigate their non-compliance. This has been dragging on in the past 6 months.

To date, we have served PMA through our lawyer the Notice 218 which gives them a 21 days deadline. They ignored this too!!

I just want JUSTICE!!!

P/s: AP INNOVEDGE & AP PMA shared exactly the same info contents on each of their websites. Why?? Just FYI for employers to be careful!!

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Agensi Pekerjaan PMA telah melanggar undang-undang Akta Perlindungan Pengguna LEBIH DARI 1 KES!!  Saya telah dikunci dalam percanggahan pendapat dengan PMA agensi pembantu rumah di Penang (cawangan lain di Puchong, Cheras & Alor Setar) yang tidak memenuhi tanggungjawab mereka. Saya meminta bayaran balik daripada agensi tetapi gagal. Selepas banyak cubaan and kecewaan, saya mendapati harapan terakhir saya - tribunal pengguna.

Kes saya telah ditetapkan untuk didengar di tribunal pada 4 September 2014. Tribunal Presiden menganugerahkan saya bayaran balik yang perlu dibayar oleh agensi pembantu rumah itu dalam tempoh 14 hari atau agensi pembantu rumah akan menghadapi tuduhan jenayah di bawah Seksyen 117 (1) APP 1999 !!

Tetapi malangnya, agensi pembantu rumah yang enggan membayar balik selepas 14 hari. Saya telah membuat aduan ketidakpatuhan anugerah itu kepada Bahagian Penguatkuasa, Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri, Koperasi dan Kepenggunaan pada 19 September 2014.

Pada 29 Januari 2015, peguam saya menghantar Notis 218 kepada agensi pembantu rumah, yang mereka perlu membayar bayaran balik dalam tempoh 21 hari. Sehingga hari ini, saya masih belum mendapat semula wang hasil titik peluh saya lagi !!
Saya mahu KEADILAN !!!

P/s: AP PMA & AP INNOVEDGE berkongsi semua infomasi yang sama di laman webpage masing-masing. Kenapa?? FYI untuk majikan supaya berhati-hati.