Agents Will No Longer Recruit Foreign Workers

Malaysiakini reported that Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the system of recruiting foreign workers through agents or companies will be abolished soon.

The task which is now outsourced by the Home Ministry to over 100 companies will be taken over by the Human Resource Ministry through Private Employment Agencies (PEA).

Muhyiddin said PEAs will ensure the intake of foreign workers is better managed according to existing regulations and law.

He said, negotiations with the companies involved had been held and the government agreed to give extra time for these companies to place workers under their employers' responsibility.

According to Home Minister said the objective is to avoid human trafficking and various issues relating to foreign workers.

Malaysia will also implement a multi-tier levy system for the hiring of foreign workers by next year, according to Human Resources Minister, M. Kulasegaran.

Through the system, the levy payment would be set based on the number of migrant workers to be employed by the employer, he said.

According to him, employers will have to pay higher levy if they hire more foreign workers.

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