Bernama | 11 August 2016 IPOH: The government will announce the new policy on recruitment of foreign workers on Tuesday, Human Resources Minister M Kulasegaran said. He said the policy, which will be more systematic, was formulated to ensure that the recruitment of foreign workers would be done in line with market demands. “The new […]
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By Rahimi Yunus The Malaysian Reserve | 8 August 2018 The government, following the dispute between Nepali workers and Bestinet Sdn Bhd, is formulating a government-to-government (G2G) approach, which includes axing middlemen involvement in the hiring process of foreign workers. Human Resources (HR) Deputy Minister Datuk Mahfuz Omar (picture) said the government has initiated the
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By: Robin Agustin Free Malaysia Today | 6 August 2018 PETALING JAYA: The country’s largest employer and labour groups have urged the government to stop the outsourcing of foreign worker recruitment processes, which they say have pushed up costs and resulted in abuses. Speaking to FMT, Malaysian Employers Federation executive director Shamsuddin Bardan and Malaysian
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Kota Kinabalu: Employers and migrant workers backed the call by former Chief Minister Tan Sri Harris Salleh for the Government to abolish all agents dealing with foreign workers. They said it is logical to allow employers and foreign workers to deal direct with the Immigration Department when applying for the necessary sponsorships like work permits
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The Star Online | 23 June 2018 SEPANG: Bangladeshi workers who arrived here recently said their families made great sacrifices to raise the RM20,000 each to find jobs in Malaysia. The workers told The Star that their families sold cattle and farmland, and even borrowed money at high interest rates to secure employment here. Even
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2 August 2018 | Malaymail.com KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — Amidst the recent Nepali migrant worker scam, the Nepal government is ready to continue discussion on the recruitment, employment and repatriation of workers agreement with Malaysia, and also to safeguard the welfare and protect the rights of its workers here. Nepal’s Charge d’Affaires in Malaysia,
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In a major policy shift, the new Malaysian government wants to reintroduce G2G, a state-level labour recruitment system, to eliminate middlemen in the recruitment that has always been marred by corruption and exploitation. “We don’t want G2G Plus. Any arrangement should be government-to-government [G2G],” Malaysian Human Resources Minister M Kulasegaran said on Sunday, reports Malaysian
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PETALING JAYA: Only RM9,000 from about RM20,000 paid by Bangladeshi workers went to 10 authorised recruitment agents operated by a syndicate. A Bangladeshi businessman who claimed that he was the spokesman for the 10 companies based in Dhaka said the rest of the money was distributed to middlemen, including those in villages. He told The
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PETALING JAYA: The security services industry has been badly affected by the Nepalese government’s decision to bar their migrant workers from working in Malaysia. Security Services Association of Malaysia president Datuk Seri Mustapa Ali told The Star that the Nepalese government’s decision had led to more than 5,000 vacancies in the industry. He said the
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PETALING JAYA: The government of Nepal has barred its workers from coming to Malaysia with immediate effect. The move comes as the Nepalese government expressed its unhappiness with “restrictive” immigration requirements its workers faced before they can be gainfully employed in this country. This includes having to go through a private company for security and
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