19 February 2016, The Borneo Post The government has decided to delay the recruitment of foreign labour, including those from Bangladesh. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Zahid Ahmad Hamidi after attending a function at Muara Tuang A... read more
19 February 2016, Bloomberg Malaysia said it will suspend the recruitment of foreign workers while it assesses gaps in the labor force, a second flip-flop on employment policies this month after objections over the plans. The freeze will also allow the ... read more
19 February 2016, Reuters Investigate Nestor Molina has made a living looking for Honduran workers to pick fruit in Florida. Now, some of the workers he recruited, their lawyers, and the U.S. government are looking for him. Molina, 53, is among the middle... read more
18 February 2016, Asian Correspondent OUTRAGE over the Malaysian government’s plan to bring in 1.5 million Bangladeshi workers has exposed latent xenophobia in the country. Certain non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and media outlets have whipped up ... read more
17 February 2016, CitizenTV The government has embarked on a program that will vet all recruitment agencies in the country involved in labor exportation to foreign nations. Labour Cabinet Secretary Phyllis Kandie said that the move encompassed systematic ... read more
17 February 2016, The Daily Star Private recruiting agencies yesterday wrote to the prime minister seeking her intervention in halting possible monopoly by a “syndicate led by a Malaysian company” in hiring Bangladeshi workers there. They made the ple... read more
15 February 2016, Dhaka Tribune Malaysia has begun to register undocumented labourers today, including those from Bangladesh, with less than a week to go before Bangladesh and Malaysia finalise a new labour deal. The issue of importing Bangladeshi workers... read more
14 February 2016, Dhaka Tribune The land of promise for tens of thousands of Bangladeshi labourers, Malaysia is fast becoming a place of bondage for them. A loss of registration status has left between 800,000 and 948,000 Bangladeshi nationals, according ... read more
14 February 2016, MENA Financial Network A clash between minimum wages stipulated by the Indian government and those prevailing in the UAE labour market is resulting in rejection of applications by some UAE employers trying to recruit Indian workers Khale... read more
13 February 2016, The Malaysian Insider Putrajaya should ensure that employers of migrant workers do not force their staff to pay the foreign worker levy, nearly a hundred civil society groups from across the globe said in a joint press statement. They al... read more