Labour Department Sarikei / Malisa Basmawi

The Department of Labour, Sarawak (JTKSWK) was established by the state government of Sarawak on 26th July 1960 with staff strength of 6 persons. Labour Office, Kuching was set up 9 years later followed by other 10 labour offices around Sarawak. Under the Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) Report 1962, the Director of Labour Sarawak is directly responsible to the Minister of Human Resources through the Secretary General on the administration oflabour matters in Sarawak. With the formation ofMalaysia on 16lh September 1963, Department ofLabour Sarawak was placed under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Human Resources, or Ministry ofLabour as it was known at that time. On the 1st July 2003, Employment Services Section of The Manpower Department was merged with Sarawak Labour Department. The name ‘Jabatan Buruh’
was changed to ‘Jabatan Tenaga Kerja’ (JTKSWK). As for Labour Department of Sarikei which was established 11 years after the formation of Malaysia, situated at Jalan Bangunan Kerajaan operated on the first floor of government building and later moved to ground floor ofthe same building in 2013. As of now, Labour Department Sarikei has been operating with currently 16 staff strength with additional 2 contract service staff, which joined in since February 2014.