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Plantation Industry Case Study

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ABSTRACT Malaysia one of country facing with labour issue in plantation sector. The number of local involve in plantation become reduce. A plantation sector more depends to foreign to fulfil demand labour at oil palm plantation. This paper discuss the determinants of labour shortage in oil palm plantation. The objectives this study to determinants labour shortage local people in plantation sector. Another purpose is to find factors contributes repulsion local people at plantation sector. a survey through questionnaires was used to collect data from local people which selected using random sampling method. The study was conducted in FELCRA Seri Bandi and IOI Jasin Lalang. The respondent only focus to local people with number of population …show more content…

The study be measure by dependent and independent variable, with dependent variable is labour shortage. The factor contain in independent variable is environment at working place, benefit local can get working in plantation, geographic factor and perception local toward worker oil palm plantation. The factor give high impact for labour shortage is low rate wages for general worker, the salary cannot cover cost living today. Plantation sector also need compete with other industry that cause their more offer better salaries. In same times attracts young generation work in industry not plantation. Some of company more prefer hires foreign worker compare local this because local have bad attitudes and less productivity. Keyword: Oil palm, labour shortage, labour, labour issue, plantation ABSTRAK Malaysia merupakan salah sebuah negara yang berhadapan dengan isu kekurangan buruh di dalam sektor perladangan. Jumlah orang tempatan yang terlibat di dalam …show more content…

That importance to make sure the productivity not effect.  To analysis relationship between private sector and government sector in labour issue in oil palm plantation sector. 1.4 Parameter Of Study ( Y, X ) Figure 1.1 : Parameter of study This study focus to factors at figure 1.1, have four items to measure labour shortage at oil palm plantation. The capital Y stand for dependent variable and X for independent variable. The issue be measure by independent variable. To find how far relationship each factors with labour shortage face today. 1.5 Significant Of Study According data base of survey by Mohammad Amizi et,.al. (2014) shows, the main factor plantation facing with labour shortage is rate of wages and heavy work. Working condition also give effect to labour issue, the employee need face with heavy, dirty and dangerous work. For general worker in plantation have problem to apply loan, that cause the wages rates is low. Financial institutions cannot accept approve their loan, that factor reduce local involve in plantation

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