GIVING EX-INMATES

EQUAL CHANCE FOR A

JOB
Wednesday 12-1pm BS4 with Dr Ainee Adam

Ex-inmates
A group of people who has been released from prison.

Statement of Problem
Ex-inmates had been facing discrimination from
employers in finding a job to earn a living
Human rights
o Violation of human rights Art. 8 of Federal Constitution: Equality
Recidivism
o Increment in crime rate 6,769 recidivists in 2014

Human Resources
o Waste of labour force and loss of currency out of country RM13.4bil
to RM19.745bil (2010-2012)

Research Objective
How the law can be used to help ex-inmates to have an
equal chance to find a job
Research Questions
Factors of discrimination by employers towards ex-inmates
How law can improve the current situation of ex-inmates
regarding employment issue
Ways to make the employers accept ex-inmates

Limitations and Delimitations

Limitations
Time
Transportation
Bureaucracy

Malaysians
Minor offences
Equal treatment in
employment

Delimitations

Methodology
Face-to-face interview
Open-ended questions

Employers

Scholar

The factors that make them

Experience in dealing with

unwilling to accept exinmates

Reason of factors

ex-inmates
Point of view

Sample Interview Questions

What kind of business is this company running?

What is your position in this company and what is your duty?
What do this company do to fill up a job vacancy? Advertising or walk-in interview?
Can I see an example of the application form?
Have ex-inmates come to interview for a job before?
How you respond to it?
What is the reason of your response?
A is an ex-inmate while B is a foreigner, and A is more qualified for the job than B,
which one will you hire?
If you hired A for the job, will you trust that he had changed?
Will it affect your company if you hired A?
If there is something that can change your mind to hire them, what will it be?
Do you think ex-inmates should be given a second chance?

Name

Matric No.

Amy Low Suat Yen

LEB140006

Ang Jinn Fenn

LEB140008

Bong Xin Wei

LEB140012

Brenda Lee Pheng Pheng

LEB140013

Chiang Wai Lik

LEB140018

Gan Yi Huang

LEB140033

Harchanadevi a/p S.
LEB140038
Arivanthan
Komathy a/p
LEB140043
Somasakaran
Ng Seng Yi

LEB140074

Nurulain binti Abd Razak

LEB140091

Suganyaa a/p V.
LEB140110
Ravichandran