The Star | 28 August 2018 PETALING JAYA: The government’s decision to stop using the Foreign Worker Application System (SPPA) will reduce the financial burden on Bangladeshi workers and their families who have been paying up to RM20,000 to work in Malaysia. Recruitment agents both here and in Bangladesh welcomed the decision as they said […]
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The Star | 27 August 2018 PETALING JAYA: The government will officially stop using the Foreign Worker Application System (SPPA) to hire workers from Bangladesh effective Sept 1. This follows the meeting of the Special Committee on Foreign Worker Management on Aug 14 chaired by Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. “Any decision on the
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The Independent | 26 August 2018 In a major policy development, the Malaysian government has cancelled the Government-to-Government (G2G) Plus recruitment system in a bid to stop the ‘syndicated monopoly business’ in recruiting migrant workers from Bangladesh. The Mahathir Mohammed led new Malaysian government in an order issued on August 21st cancelled the G2G Plus
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The Daily Star | 27 August 2018 Experts on labour migration and governance have demanded an investigation into the alleged monopoly of a syndicate in recruitment of Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia. They have also called for effective measures to free the sector from corruption as Malaysia has suspended the current recruitment system under the Government
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Kathmandu Post | 21 August 2018 Aug 21, 2018- A new labour agreement proposed by the Malaysian government says employers will bear the cost of hiring Nepalis to work in Malaysia. The new recruitment modality comes nearly three months after Nepal barred its citizens from going to Malaysia citing their financial burden in the pre-departure
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Free Malaysia Today | 20 August 2018 PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) today called for more transparency in the health screening for foreign workers, saying any directive for the implementation of digital X-rays must come from the health ministry. In a statement, it said there was currently a lack of transparency in the
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By Elan Perumal The Star | 19 aug 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: Nepal is hoping that Malaysia’s move to create a single system of hiring foreign workers will also smoothen the way for Malaysia to receive workers from Nepal, says its Charge d’affairs A.I. Kumar Raj Kharel. He believed this can be expedited when his country
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By Sharif Khiam and Ali Nufael Benar News | 15 August 2018 Bangladesh has welcomed Malaysia’s decision to end a monopoly on recruitment of workers from the South Asian nation, saying the new measure would cut costs and allow fair competition. Ahmed M. Saleheen, the head of the foreign employment wing of the Bangladesh Ministry
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Human Resources Online | 20 August 2018 The Malaysian Association of Suppliers and Employees Management of Foreign Workers (TEKAM) expressed interest on partnering the government in finding a solution and supplement its efforts in the recruitment of foreign workers into the country. Set up in 2006, TEKAM has 149 outsourcing companies as members. However, since
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The Star | 15 August 2018 PUTRAJAYA: A syndicate fraudulently running the Immigration Department’s rehiring programme has been busted, after earning some RM2.2mil in profit. “The syndicate has been operating through a company called Growing Global Multiple Business Sdn Bhd, which is registered as a travel agency. “The company offered rehiring services to foreign workers,
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