Malaysia is one of Asia's biggest employers of foreign labour. But recently, cases of deaths, abuse and forced labour have come to light. What is going on? Who is protecting these migrant workers?
Employers found guilty of hiring undocumented immigrants should be subjected to maximum punishment, said Immigration director-general Mustafar Ali said. He said the maximum punishment should be imposed to make them realise the department was serious about the employment of undocumented immigrants following sufficient time having been given to them (employers) to register their workers under […]
A total of 77 undocumented immigrants were detained for various offences by the Immigration Department during a raid under the E-Card Ops Mega at a construction site in Port Dickson last night. Immigration deputy director-general (Operations) Jaafar Mohamed led the two-hour operation which ended at 12.30am today and involved 148 immigration officers from Putrajaya and […]
JPN director-general Mohd Yazid Ramli says this may be due to individuals treating ownership of the documents too lightly. PEKAN: The National Registration Department (JPN) recorded a total of 159,000 identity cards (MyKad) which have yet to be claimed by the owners with some of the cards issued over two years ago. JPN director-general Mohd […]
Expansion of PSMB Act enables 58% more people to undergo training under the Human Resources Development Fund. KUALA LUMPUR: Nearly 2.8 million Malaysian employees will benefit from the expansion of the Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad (PSMB) Act 2001, which will see a boost in the Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) training by 2020. This is […]
RM127.7 billion target set by government achievable says Treasury secretary-general Mohd Irwan Siregar Abdullah. CYBERJAYA: The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) has collected more than RM56 billion in taxes up to early July, exceeding the RM55 billion collected in the corresponding period last year. Treasury secretary-general Mohd Irwan Siregar Abdullah said the achievement had given the […]
KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 — For months, Muhamad Salrup Khan, 22, from Bangladesh, urged his boss to apply for an enforcement card (E-kad) for him so he could work legally in the country. “But he kept delaying it. He would rather have me working than sort out my papers,” he said when met in a […]
PETALING JAYA: News of a drop in the unemployment rate has failed to impress either the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) or the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF). MTUC president Abdul Halim Mansor and MEF executive director Shamsuddin Bardan said the public should look beyond the numbers shown in a report that MIDF Research released last […]
Presiden MTUC, Abdul Halim Mansor memperjelaskan kepentingan skim Insurans Pekerjaan yang bakal diperkenalkan di Malaysia pada tahun 2018.
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