PERANAN PEMERINTAH TERHADAP PRECARIOUS WORK DALAM KALANGAN NELAYAN DI SEMPORNA, SABAH

The Role of the Government on Precarious Work among Fishermen in Semporna, Sabah

Abstract

Abstrak

Precarious work merupakan pekerjaan yang mempunyai amalan pekerjaan yang tidak menentu, tidak dapat dijangkakan dan berisiko terhadap golongan pekerja. Majikan berpotensi memanipulasikan kondisi pekerjaan yang perlu ditanggung oleh mereka kepada pekerja melalui ciri perhubungan pekerjaan yang bersifat precarious seperti tiada kontrak perkhidmatan dan gaji yang rendah. Ciri-ciri precarious work ini adalah bertentangan dengan sistem perhubungan pekerjaan standard yang sepatutnya diterima oleh seorang pekerja berdasarkan Akta Kerja 1955 dan Ordinan Buruh Sabah. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah kualitatif dengan menemu bual majikan dan bekerja selain menggunakan borang soal selidik bagi menyokong data yang diperoleh. Artikel ini cuba menganalisis peranan pemerintah terhadap kawalan pembentukan ciri precarious work dalam kalangan pekerja nelayan di Sabah terutamanya di kawasan kajian di Semporna. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan lemahnya pengawasan pekerja terhadap undang-undang pekerjaan di sektor perikanan mengakibatkan banyak regulasi pekerjaan diabaikan dan disalahgunakan.

Kata kunci: Ciri precarious work, majikan, pekerja maritim, nelayan, peranan pemerintah. 

Abstract

Precarious work is a job that is uncertain, unpredictable and has risky work practices. Employers have the potential to manipulate the conditions of employment that they need to support their employees through the forms of precarious employment relationships such as no service contracts and low wages. These characteristics of precarious work contradicts the standard employment relationship systems, which should be accepted by an employee based on the Employment Act 1955 and the Sabah Labor Ordinance. This study is using a qualitative by interviewing the employers and employees as well as using questionaire to support the data. This paper attempts to analyze the role of the government in controlling the formation of precarious work characteristics among fishermen in Sabah especially in the research location in Semporna. The findings indicate that the lack of supervision of workers against employment laws in the fisheries sector are being ignored and misused in many of the work regulations.

Keywords: Precarious work characteristics, employer, maritime workers, fisherman, the role of the government.