Health DG: No infection cluster formation among foreign workers in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR (April 17): Malaysia has yet to see any significant cluster of Covid-19 infections among foreign workers in the country, according to the Ministry of Health.
MCO: S P Setia to seek approval for work to resume at certain projects
PETALING JAYA (April 15): S P Setia Bhd will be submitting applications for several of its projects to resume work following the government's decision to allow several additional economic sectors to operate during the third phase of the Movement Control Order which ends on April 28.
Singapore’s much praised Covid-19 circuit breaker response short circuits itself
KUALA LUMPUR (April 11): Singapore, for months hailed at home and overseas as the “gold standard” for responding to the Covid-19 pandemic, on Friday moved to defuse escalating criticism over how it has handled a surge in infections within foreign worker dormitories that activists had earlier flagged as public health risks due to their cramped conditions, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported yesterday.
Minimum wage rise to add RM2.5b outflow annually by foreign workers, MEF warns
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 23): Putrajaya's decision to increase minimum wage to RM1,200 in major cities would result in an estimated RM2.
MPSepang: Guidelines for housing foreign workers in shoplots
PETALING JAYA (March 28): The Sepang Municipal Council (MPSepang) has come up with guidelines for workers’ accommodation in shoplots, reported The Star today.
Guan Eng: Renewal levy fees for foreign workers in five sectors reduced from March
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 23): The government is set to lower the extension levy fees in March for foreign workers who have worked in the country for more than 10 years, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng (pictured) today.
Landslide incident unearthed alien squatter settlements
GEORGE TOWN (Nov 7): The contractor of the Bukit Kukus construction site has declared that the nine foreign workers which were killled in the landslide last month were not his.
‘Govt should reconsider foreign worker levy terms’ — FMM
PETALING JAYA (September 27): The government should reconsider its decision to maintain its original plan for employers to pay the full RM10,000 levy due for an extension of employment for skilled foreign workers, said the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers.
MoF backtracks on foreign worker levy, says employers now to pay in full
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 25): Just a day after announcing that employers would only have to pay 20% of the RM10,000 levy for each foreign worker, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng today did an about-turn and said employers will have to continue to pay the levy in full.
Foreign workers seeking to extend employment must pay 80% of RM10,000 levy
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 24): To ease the burden of developers and bring down home prices, skilled foreign labour applying to extend their employment tenure need only pay 80% of the annual RM10,000 levy on foreign workers, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng today.
