MTUC claimed that it has received numerous complaints from employees of Japanese-owned companies in the country who were opposed to having to stand for the entire working hours, Berita Harian reported...It claimed that nearly half of electrical and electronics factories owned by Japanese investors had replaced their workers’ system from sitting to standing to increase productivity since two years ago. The report quoted MTUC president Datuk Zainal Rampak as saying that workers, including pregnant women, were required to stand for eight hours daily.