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 tells Saravanan to slash migrant worker red tape

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

Guan Eng insists Saravanan ‘suspend himself’ after migrant worker fiasco

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

Rights group demands end to corporal punishment after wrongful whipping of migrant

Singapore eases movement curbs for migrant workers

However, activists criticise remaining ‘discriminatory’ restrictions.

· 1 year ago

Singapore eases movement curbs for migrant workers

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

Come clean on import of Bangladeshi foreign workers, Ramasamy tells govt


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

Govt’s delay in processing migrant workers irks employers

MTUC protests against influx of 500,000 Bangladesh workers 

Arrivals could lead to forced labour, cost locals jobs, says Kamarul Baharin.

· 2 years ago

MTUC protests against influx of 500,000 Bangladesh workers 

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

Hamzah says no more migrant worker special quotas

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

Fadillah says Malaysia pushing for influx of migrant construction workers

Better accommodation for migrant workers long overdue

Commentary by Josh Hong · 2 years ago

Better accommodation for migrant workers long overdue

Justice and migrant workers in Malaysia in a time of pandemic

· 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

Malaysia’s economy will suffer without migrant workers, employers federation says

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

Human Resources Ministry to let cabinet decide on foreign workers

Nearly 100,000 undocumented workers deported in repatriation scheme

Immigration reveals latest figures for scheme to send migrants home or put them to work legally.

· 2 years ago

Vaccinate all migrant workers regardless of status, urges think tank

Iman Research concerned government not guided by science, compassion.

· 2 years ago

Vaccinate all migrant workers regardless of status, urges think tank