PUTRAJAYA, March 30 — The Ministry of Human Resources (KSM) needs to wait and check whether the number of foreign workers brought into Malaysia is sufficient before resuming the previously suspended quota applications and approval, said its minister V.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 — A total of 800 Indonesian domestic workers have entered Malaysia via the One Channel System until January 20.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 — Industries need to establish a proper risk assessment system at the workplace in line with the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) 1994, as the numbers of workplace and industrial accidents are alarming, said Human Resources Minister V.

GEORGE TOWN, March 12 — The Ministry of Human Resources (KSM) is confident that the cost of hiring Indonesian domestic workers will be reduced, after several negotiations conducted this month.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — A total of 102 local workers whose services were terminated and replaced by foreigners in Penang recently, will be given back their job at their previous company, said Human Resources Minister V.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 — Employers have been warned not to abuse the Foreign Worker Employment Relaxation Plan launched on January 17, by replacing local employees with foreign workers.

PUTRAJAYA, March 1 — The quota approval of employers that engage foreign workers through the Foreign Worker Employment Relaxation Plan (PKPPA) will be revoked if they are found to have fired local workers, said Human Resources Minister V.

SEPANG, Feb 27 — Malaysia plans to develop a supply and demand portal to facilitate the hiring of foreign workers from source countries, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — The Ministry of Human Resources (MOHR) is still waiting for an answer from Indonesia regarding the proposal to reduce the cost of hiring Indonesian domestic workers.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — The Malaysia@Heart or MyHeart platform, which provides various efforts to facilitate Malaysians working overseas to return home to serve the country, will go live next month.

PETALING JAYA, Feb 15 — All sectors of the economy need to adopt digitalisation and innovation in order to catalyse growth and achieve a competitive edge, said Human Resources Minister V.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 9 — The Ministry of Human Resources (KSM) has opened the application for quota to hire foreign workers in the laundry, scrap metal or scrap items and bird’s nests subsectors starting January 25.

BATU GAJAH, Feb 9 — The government will not rush to approve applications for the entry of foreign workers into the country through the Foreign Worker Employment Relaxation Plan (FWERP), despite high demand from employers.

JOHOR BAHRU, Jan 20 — The incident in which a Bangladeshi boy was found in a container at the West Port in Port Klang on Tuesday (January 17) did not show any elements of human trafficking, Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said.

BATU GAJAH, Jan 16 — The expected entry of 500,000 foreign workers into Malaysia this year will not affect job opportunities for Malaysians, says Human Resources Minister V.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 6 — Failure to provide proper accommodation and blacklisted employers are among the reasons for foreign worker applications being rejected, said Human Resource Minister V.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 27 — The implementation of the Minimum Wage Order (PMG) for employers with less than five workers has been postponed again from January 1 to July 1, 2023.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 21 — The government machinery and departments must manage business applications faster and more efficiently, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 20 — The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) has proposed that the recruitment and management of foreign workers including foreign domestic workers remain under the Ministry of Human Resources (MoHR) to ensure business efficacy.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 12 — The Ministry of Human Resources (KSM) is targeting 500,000 housewives to register as contributors under the Housewife Social Security Scheme (SKSSR) next year.