New Straits Times | 26 October 2018 Malaysia — HOME Affairs Minister Tan Sri Muhyddin Yassin on Wednesday announced the government’s plan to put an end to foreign worker recruitment by private companies, a system that has been a bane to employers and migrants. As part of the revamp, the oversight of the new process […]
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New Straits Times | 24 October 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: The system of recruiting foreign workers through agents or companies will be abolished soon. Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the task, which is now outsourced by the ministry to more than 100 companies, would be taken over by the Human Resource Ministry via Private
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The Edge Markets | 25 October 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: There will be no more middlemen, who earn super-high profits, in the hiring of foreign workers in Malaysia soon. The joint committee between the home ministry and human resources ministry on the management of foreign workers has decided to discontinue the practice of outsourcing foreign worker
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The Star Online | 24 October 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: The proposed multi-tier levy system for foreign workers is expected to be implemented by next year, said Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. He said the government was meeting with all the relevant sectors to determine the exact quantum of levies for all industries. “We have
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Daily Express Malaysia |22 October 2018 There is a need to review the RM250,000 security deposit set for private employment agency licence under the Category C as stipulated in the Private Employment Agency Act 1981 (Amended 2017). Sabah Foreign Workers Employment Agency Association (Pappas) President Anthony Leong said majority of the private employment agencies in
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The Star Online| 17 October 2018 KUCHING: The government is considering a multi-tier levy system for foreign workers based on the principle of “the more you hire, the more you pay”. Human Resources Ministry secretary-general Datuk Amir Omar said the system would see employers determine the number of foreign workers they want to hire. Speaking
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Free Malaysia Today | 16 October 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: Putrajaya is considering a new system to charge levy on foreign workers using the Singapore model of “the more you hire, the more you pay”. The home ministry said the new multi-tier levy system would replace the current single-tier system in the hopes of reducing Malaysia’s
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Malay Mail | 6 October 2018 IPOH, Oct 6 ― Employers looking to avoid paying the levy to extend skilled foreign workers must wait up to six months to rehire those they send home, said Human Resources Minister M. Kulasegaran. “There will be a ‘cooling period’ and employers need to wait for three to six
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New Straits Times | 3 October 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: The government has agreed to further extend the work permits for skilled foreigners who have been working here for more than 10 years, under Temporary Working Pass, with condition of yearly permit renewal, for up to three years. Human Resources Minister M. Kulasegaran said the levy
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The Daily Star | 3 October 2018 Some 60,000 Bangladeshis, whose travel to Malaysia became uncertain after the country suspended the online recruitment system on September 1, have been cleared for migration to the Southeast Asian country. “Malaysian High Commission in Dhaka started issuing visas yesterday [October 1],” an official of the Bureau of Manpower
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