PUTRAJAYA, Oct 21 — The freeze on foreign worker employment quota applications will continue until a date to be announced later.

PUTRAJAYA, March 16 — The Immigration Department has arrested three individuals suspected of exploiting and trafficking Indonesian workers over the past four years, during a raid on a house in Petaling Jaya yesterday.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 26 — Pembinaan Ricoler Sdn Bhd is facing legal action by the Home Ministry (KDN) and the Human Resources Ministry (KSM) for abandoning 93 of its Bangladeshi workers brought into the country in November 2023.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — Malaysia’s palm oil industry is set to generate RM4 billion in revenue if half of the indicated 40,000 foreign workers needed by the sector are allocated harvesting duties, said the Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA).

IPOH, Nov 7 — The Human Resources Ministry (MOHR) has yet to receive any report of layoffs related to the boycott of Israel-related goods in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 — The Human Resources Ministry (MOHR) and the Home Ministry will increase the enforcement activities and take strict actions against employers who fail to comply with labour and immigration laws along with any fraudulent activities conducted by employers during the relaxation programme on hiring migrant workers.

In a filing to Bursa Malaysia today, the e-government services provider said the clarification is in relation to news articles that appeared on the online portal of the New Straits Times and the Edge Malaysia on September 12 which alleged MyEG to have been illegally collecting fees for its foreign worker permit renewal services despite suspension by the Immigration Department of Malaysia.

SHAH ALAM, May 11 — A Pakistani worker was killed when he was hit by the forklift he was driving in an incident at a paper processing factory in Pulau Indah, Klang, early yesterday morning.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 15 — About 186,000 foreign workers are needed to meet the demand for labour in the agricultural sector nationwide, said Agriculture and Food Security Deputy Minister Chan Foong Hin.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 8 — The Human Resources Ministry (KSM) today warned against any third-party intervention to resolve problems in connection with applications for foreign workers facing employers in Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 — The National Association of Private Employment Agencies Malaysia (Papsma) has called on the government to expedite the entry of Bangladeshi workers into the country without further delays.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 — The Covid-19 vaccination programme will be open to foreign workers of all sectors in the Klang Valley from September 27 to October 6, either by appointment or on a walk-in basis.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 — Foreign workers who contribute to the Social Security Organisation (Socso) are eligible for benefits under the agency if they are involved in an accident while working, said its chief executive Datuk Seri Dr Mohammed Azman Aziz.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 — The Human Resources Ministry has told employers and centralised accommodation providers who have not yet applied for a certificate of accommodation to do so immediately to avoid legal action being taken against them.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 — The Malaysian Rubber Glove Manufacturers Association (Margma) has assured that its members are constantly upgrading and building new hostels to ensure a liveable and conducive atmosphere is provided for the workers.

KLANG, Dec 9 — A total 3,719 foreign workers in the red zone areas in Klang, Selangor and Seremban, Negeri Sembilan have been screened since December 1 until yesterday, under the Targeted Covid-19 Screening Programme for Foreign Workers.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 — The Home Ministry (KDN) and the Human Resources Ministry (KSM) should set up an integrated system for the management and control of the recruitment of foreign workers to ensure data continuity across ministries and departments.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 13 — Employers interested in participating in the ‘Labour Recalibration Programme’ under the ‘Illegal Immigrant Recalibration Plan’ can send in applications to the Immigration Department via email at ‘[email protected]’ beginning November 16.