Health rights for indonesian migrant workers in malaysia: A legal perspective

Abstract

Work is an application of the human beings’ responsibility in existing. The type of work may be chosen freely whether it is within the country or abroad. This is a normative law research which is supported by empirical study. The normative law study is used to analyze the constitutional regulations regarding the health rights of the Indonesian migrant workers. Meanwhile, the empiric law study is used to analyze the implementation of the regulations. The health right implementation of the Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia is applies through health insurances based on the sosco regulations. The payment of the health rights for the Indonesian migrant workers is the responsibility of the employer. The research results show that in the aspect of health, the work agreements do not go according to the contract. The health security of the Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia is still not effective as it only covers accidents within the working hours.