Mydin is a Malaysian retail company that operates over 90 outlets nationwide selling food, household goods, and other products. They have taken initiatives to recruit disabled workers by hiring and training 90 disabled employees to work in their branches. This encourages inclusion and helps disabled people contribute to the economy. However, challenges remain such as societal perceptions of disability, lack of accessibility in workplaces, and lack of opportunities. More awareness, employer support through adaptations, and skills training can help address these challenges.
2. Recruitment is a process of seeking and
attracting a pool of people from which
qualified candidates for job vacancies can be
chosen.
Disable workers
The lack of competent physical and mental facu
lties the absence of legal capability to perform a
n act.
3. Workforce diversity is a workforce
consisting of a broad mix of workers from
different racial and ethnic background of
different ages and genders, and of different
domestic and national cultures.
4. MYDIN business activity is in retailing and
wholesaling. The products range from food line,
household, soft-lines and hard-lines items.
Hard-line products include hardware, electrical,
stationery, porcelain and toys.
Whilst soft-line comprises of textiles and fabrics
products. Food line includes confectionery, drinks
and beverages, delicatessen and dairy products.
Each of the branches has their own business
category, based on the capacity of goods traded.
5. The category comprises hypermarket, emporium,
minimarket, convenience shop, franchise store and
bazaar.
Currently, MYDIN operates more than 90 outlets
nationwide inclusive of 16 hypermarkets, 16
emporiums, 3 bazaars, 48 minimarkets (MyMydin),
8 convenience shops (MyMart) and 6 franchise
outlets (Mydin Mart). Each of the hypermarkets is
located in MYDIN Mall.
MYDIN operates its business based on ‘Halal’
concepts and stresses on honesty, sincerity and
good discipline in all aspects of its business.
6. What is the challenges for disabled workers
to work in an organization?
7. society's perception of the disabled workers.
some employers have not been open-minded
and not willing to employ the disabled.
Attitude of disabled people that is less
confident and not believing their self.
lack of exposure to attract disabled people to
work with them.
Lack of basic facilities in workplace for
disabled workers.
8. Mydin one of the company that have initiative to
recruit disabled workers.
Mydin has hired and trained 90 disabled
employees, who are now working in Mydin
branches throughout the country, including Sabah
and Sarawak.
Mydin efforts will encourage others organization
to give the disabled a chance to work and
contribute to building the country's economy
9. Increase awareness campaign for
community to make them appreciate
disabled workers better.
Employ should be more open-minded in
recruiting disabled workers and provide
employees with more personal support.Eg,
financial aid with hearing aids or help in
having their cars specially adapted.
10. The disabled workers should gain knowledge
and learn some skill so that they don’t feel
less inferiority.
provide a right platform for the disabled
employee to involved in the field of
employment. Eg, Social Welfare Department
of Mydin hold a job opportunities carnival.
11. “open door fund” provides a subsidy of up to
$100,000 to a company that redesigns jobs,
modifies the workplace, or funds training and
integration programmers for disabled
workers. So that they will work in
comfortable atmosphere.