Employers Must Apply For Foreign Workers Via Online From April 1 – Ahmad Zahid

PUTRAJAYA, April 6 (Bernama) — It is compulsory for all employers applying to hire foreign workers to do so online starting April 1, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Ahmad Zahid who is also Home Minister, said the ruling was applicable for applications for foreign workers from all source countries, except […]

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Online registration of foreign workers good for employers, says FMM

By June Moh New Straits Times | 20 April 2017 KUALA LUMPUR: The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) today lauded the introduction of online registration systems for foreign workers, enforced since April 1, saying there are huge benefits for those who utilise the systems. “We have always supported online processing and advocate for the computerisation

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Malaysia defers foreign workers’ levy payment to 2018

By Sangeetha Amarthalingam 12 January 2016 | South China Morning Post Widespread relief was felt among Malaysia’s industry employers after the country’s government postponed the mandatory imposition of foreign workers’ levy payment on employers until 2018. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said yesterday the deferment was necessary in the absence of a proper

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Labour reforms herald earnings boost for migrant workers in Malaysia

Pete Pattisson |Friday 6 January 2017 The Guardian Series of measures including ban on employers deducting a foreign workers’ levy seen as laying groundwork for Malaysia to join Trans-Pacific Partnership Millions of foreign migrant workers in Malaysia are to receive a significant increase in their salaries after the government barred employers from deducting a foreign

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Samsung and Panasonic accused over supply chain labour abuses in Malaysia

By Pete Pattisson The Guardian, Monday 21 November 2016 Samsung and Panasonic, two of the world’s leading electronics brands, are facing allegations that workers in their supply chains are being duped, exploited and underpaid in Malaysia. The two companies have launched investigations into allegations of abuse made by Nepalese workers after a Guardian investigation raised

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Workers for McDonald’s in Malaysia say they were victims of labour exploitation

Pete Pattisson in Kuala Lumpur | 28 November 2016 The Guardian Migrant workers employed through labour supply firm allege they were deceived about wages, cheated of payments and had passports confiscated unlawfully Workers at McDonald’s restaurants in Malaysia claim they earned as little as 60p an hour and were cheated out of months of salary,

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