Govt to cancel quotas if employers cut foreign workers’ wages


The human resources minister says employers must bear all costs of bringing in foreign labour and not replace them by cutting the salaries of workers. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, June 3, 2022.

EMPLOYERS who cut the salaries of their foreign workers to cover the costs of bringing them into the country will see their quotas cancelled, said Human Resources Minister M. Saravanan.

He said employers who bring in outside labour must bear all the costs, including accommodation and flight fares, so that foreign workers incur zero costs.


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