These were guest workers from the Vietnam Forest Corporation (VINAFOR) and the Hydraulics Construction Labor Supply Services Joint Stock Company (Hycolasec).
Established in July 2010, Topla Hitech Malaysia specializes in manufacturing equipment for Panasonic. In recent times, the factory has operated perfunctorily because its products are not sufficiently qualified for export. Anyway, its workers are fully paid under contract.
When it decided to close down the factory in September, 37 out of total 41 Vietnamese workers were asked to return home, only four allowed to remain on the job.
Upon learning about the news, the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia already asked the parent company to compensate and ensure all rights for these workers.
The factory management has agreed to provide a full basic salary in eight months for those working for less than a year and in six months for those working for more than one year, and also to pay air tickets for all of them to return home.
Sixteen other workers will fly back to Vietnam on September 29.
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