THE cabinet has agreed to recruit 10,000 workers from Sri Lanka after taking into account the state of the country, in the depths of an economic crisis, Human Resources Minister M. Saravanan said.

In a statement today, he said the Sri Lankan government had submitted an official application to supply a quota of 10,000 workers.

The cabinet, at its meeting September 14, agreed to hiring the workers to help Sri Lanka, which is facing the worst economic crisis, he said, adding that companies with vacancies should apply to take on these workers when they are available.

According to Saravanan, employers that have been given quota approval and have settled the levy payment should seize the opportunity.

As of September 14, levy payments had been made for 416,634 applications for foreign workers, he said, adding that employers keen to hire foreign workers can contact the ministry’s migrant worker management division or the Peninsular Malaysia Labour Department. – Bernama, September 21, 2022.