The Star | 28 August 2018 PETALING JAYA: The government’s decision to stop using the Foreign Worker Application System (SPPA) will reduce the financial burden on Bangladeshi workers and their families who have been paying up to RM20,000 to work in Malay... read more
The Star | 27 August 2018 PETALING JAYA: The government will officially stop using the Foreign Worker Application System (SPPA) to hire workers from Bangladesh effective Sept 1. This follows the meeting of the Special Committee on Foreign Worker Manag... read more
The Independent | 26 August 2018 In a major policy development, the Malaysian government has cancelled the Government-to-Government (G2G) Plus recruitment system in a bid to stop the ‘syndicated monopoly business’ in recruiting migrant workers from Ba... read more
The Daily Star | 27 August 2018 Experts on labour migration and governance have demanded an investigation into the alleged monopoly of a syndicate in recruitment of Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia. They have also called for effective measures to free the ... read more
Kathmandu Post | 21 August 2018 Aug 21, 2018- A new labour agreement proposed by the Malaysian government says employers will bear the cost of hiring Nepalis to work in Malaysia. The new recruitment modality comes nearly three months after Nepal barred it... read more
Free Malaysia Today | 20 August 2018 PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) today called for more transparency in the health screening for foreign workers, saying any directive for the implementation of digital X-rays must come from the he... read more
By Elan Perumal The Star | 19 aug 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: Nepal is hoping that Malaysia’s move to create a single system of hiring foreign workers will also smoothen the way for Malaysia to receive workers from Nepal, says its Charge d’affairs A.I. Kumar R... read more
By Sharif Khiam and Ali Nufael Benar News | 15 August 2018 Bangladesh has welcomed Malaysia’s decision to end a monopoly on recruitment of workers from the South Asian nation, saying the new measure would cut costs and allow fair competition. Ahmed M. S... read more
Human Resources Online | 20 August 2018 The Malaysian Association of Suppliers and Employees Management of Foreign Workers (TEKAM) expressed interest on partnering the government in finding a solution and supplement its efforts in the recruitment of forei... read more
The Star | 15 August 2018 PUTRAJAYA: A syndicate fraudulently running the Immigration Department’s rehiring programme has been busted, after earning some RM2.2mil in profit. “The syndicate has been operating through a company called Growing Global Mul... read more