Guan Eng tells Saravanan to slash migrant worker red tape
DAP chairman says minister should look at how to help, not harm, business.
By Ravin Palanisamy · 1 year ago
Guan Eng insists Saravanan ‘suspend himself’ after migrant worker fiasco
DAP chairman says minister, senior officials root cause of current impasse with Indonesia over labour.
By Elill Easwaran · 1 year ago
Rights group demands end to corporal punishment after wrongful whipping of migrant
Umbrella organisation queries legal process after migrant worker wrongfully whipped before appeal heard.
· 1 year ago
Singapore eases movement curbs for migrant workers
However, activists criticise remaining ‘discriminatory’ restrictions.
· 1 year ago
Come clean on import of Bangladeshi foreign workers, Ramasamy tells govt
DAP rep wants details of agency selection criteria, given process 'replete with allegations of corruption, mistreatment'.
· 1 year ago · 1 comment
Govt’s delay in processing migrant workers irks employers
Bosses baffled by lack of progress in approvals for 500,000 work applications.
By Khoo Gek San · 2 years ago
MTUC protests against influx of 500,000 Bangladesh workers
Arrivals could lead to forced labour, cost locals jobs, says Kamarul Baharin.
· 2 years ago
Hamzah says no more migrant worker special quotas
Home minister says regulations have been tightened, subject to scrutiny by a centralised committee.
· 2 years ago
Fadillah says Malaysia pushing for influx of migrant construction workers
Minister says talks with Indonesia, Myanmar due in February to address labour shortage.
· 2 years ago
Better accommodation for migrant workers long overdue
Commentary by Josh Hong · 2 years ago
Malaysia’s economy will suffer without migrant workers, employers federation says
Malaysians still shunning dirty, dangerous, difficult jobs frustrate business owners, who can’t meet demand.
By Noel Achariam · 2 years ago
Human Resources Ministry to let cabinet decide on foreign workers
Saravanan says Malaysians shun jobs in dirty, difficult, dangerous industries, leaving gap in market.
· 2 years ago