PUTRAJAYA, Jan 10 — Malaysia and Indonesia are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the recruitment and placement of Indonesian domestic helpers in the first week of February, said Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 19 — Private employment agencies that are registered with the Ministry of Human Resources are advised not to make any statements or advertisements that mislead employers on entry of foreign maids into the country.

PENDANG, July 14 — Nearly half of all complaints received by the Human Resources Ministry through its ‘Working for Workers’ app since February 1 till last Sunday were regarding employers not allowing workers to work from home.

YAN, May 8 — The Human Resources Ministry has received 49 complaints on various labour-related issues via the Working For Workers (WFW) application since it was launched on Monday.

BANTING, March 31 — The country’s image has been tarnished following the issue of Top Glove facing the latest import ban by the US Department of Customs and Border Protection (US CBP) on all its disposable gloves, said the Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M Saravanan.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 — The government cannot adopt an overly open approach when it comes to hiring foreign workforce at present, said Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M Saravanan.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 — The Human Resources Ministry (KSM) has directed a Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) team to conduct an investigation to identify the cause of the incident at the Sungai Besi-Ulu Klang Elevated Expressway (SUKE) construction project in which two women were killed on Wednesday.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 29 — The Industrial Relations Act 1967 (Act 177) which was amended in December last year will come into force on January 1, 2021, to improve the protection of workers’ rights in the country, said Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M.

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 3 — A total of 99,696 workers were laid off between January and November 27 this year due to the spread of Covid-19, said Deputy Human Resources Minister Awang Hashim.

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, Oct 22 — Employers are prohibited from forcing or ordering their workers to take annual or unpaid leave following the work-from-home (WFH) directive which came into effect today, during the conditional movement control order (CMCO) period.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 — The Human Resources Ministry has received a total of 243 complaints regarding employers who violated the terms and conditions stipulated under the Employees Retention Programme (ERP) and the Wage Subsidy Programme (PSU).

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 — The Human Resources Ministry (MOHR) has given flexibility to employers to hire foreign workers who have been laid off by previous employers if they do not get any response from local workers.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 — The country's occupational safety and health (OSH) performance shows that the rate of fatal accidents at workplace recorded a decrease of eight per cent last year, said Human Resource Minister Datuk Seri M.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 — The manpower situation in the country is expected to further strengthen in the second half of this year with the economic situation regaining its momentum after the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) was enforced, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 — The Ministry of Home Affairs’ (MOHA) proposal to allow illegal immigrants detained at the Immigration detention centre to be employed by local employers could help deal with the shortage of labour in the construction sector, says Malaysian Bumiputera Contractors Association (PKBM) president Datuk Azman Yusoff.

PUTRAJAYA, March 13 — The unemployment rate in January 2020 dropped to 3.2 per cent compared to 3.3 per cent in December last year, the Statistics Department said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 — The figure of nearly 100,000 Malaysians to lose jobs if the Covid-19 threat persists until the end of the year is just an estimation, said Deputy Human Resources Minister Datuk Mahfuz Omar.