The Edge Markets | 25 October 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: There will be no more middlemen, who earn super-high profits, in the hiring of foreign workers in Malaysia soon. The joint committee between the home ministry and human resources ministry on the management ... read more
The Star Online | 24 October 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: The proposed multi-tier levy system for foreign workers is expected to be implemented by next year, said Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. He said the government was meeting with all the relevant secto... read more
The Star Online| 17 October 2018 KUCHING: The government is considering a multi-tier levy system for foreign workers based on the principle of “the more you hire, the more you pay”. Human Resources Ministry secretary-general Datuk Amir Omar said the s... read more
Free Malaysia Today | 16 October 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: Putrajaya is considering a new system to charge levy on foreign workers using the Singapore model of “the more you hire, the more you pay”. The home ministry said the new multi-tier levy system would... read more
New Straits Times | 3 October 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: The government has agreed to further extend the work permits for skilled foreigners who have been working here for more than 10 years, under Temporary Working Pass, with condition of yearly permit renewal, ... read more
The Star | 27 September 2018 PETALING JAYA: Reconsider the RM10,000 levy for skilled foreign workers, says the Malaysian Associated Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MAICCI). Its president Tan Sri Dr. Kenneth Eswaran said that the levy, to be paid... read more
Malaysiakini | 25 September 2018 The government has decided to retain the previous levy payment structure for migrant workers, with employers bearing the full cost. Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said the decision was made following complaints from migrant... read more
Free Malaysia Today | 24 September 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign workers will pay 80% of the annual RM10,000 levy, with employers bearing the remaining 20%, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng announced today. Since 1992, levy payments for foreign workers had been... read more
Malaysiakini | 14 September 2018 Human Resources Minister M Kulasegaran announced on Sept 12 that a yearly RM10,000 levy will be imposed on migrant workers who have been employed for 10 years and wish to extend their employment duration. He stressed that ... read more
Kota Kinabalu: Employers and migrant workers backed the call by former Chief Minister Tan Sri Harris Salleh for the Government to abolish all agents dealing with foreign workers. They said it is logical to allow employers and foreign workers to deal direc... read more