“The progress of Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) are lagging behind where only 15% of the targets are on track. It needs USD500 billions in annual extra funding from wealthy nations to help to regain momentum according to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on 20 Sept 2023 at the SDG Summit, UN General...

A good sharing session between InterManpower.com Sdn Bhd Chief Executive Officer, Michael Heah and Malaysia Human Resource Minister YB Sivakumar on recommended actions to be taken seriously to help Malaysia to improve its ATIP status from Tier 2 Watch List to Tier 2 or Tier 1 in 2024. YB Sivakumar also agreed that more job...

InterManpower together with State Government YB Dato’ Haji Abdul Halim Hussain on promoting local talent with multiple skills trained as per industries’ needs. They are also trained on career development programs which aim to increase retention rate of local workers. With many industries facing shortage of local workers, InterManpower hopes the program can help industries...

InterManpower during a meeting with Ministry of Human Resource to discuss on issues pertaining local workers. Together with YB Deputy Minister of Human Resource, InterManpower has developed an ecosystem to help industries to retain their local workers successfully through responsible HR Managers who are willing to be part of this program. Many industries are complaining...

Employers have been urged to comply with the requirements stated in Act 446 to provide decent accommodation for their foreign workers, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. Director of the Legal and Enforcement Division of the Labour Department of Peninsular Malaysia (JTK), Zaini Yaacob, said the government would not compromise with any employer who ignored or...

The government should review the proposed new condition whereby companies are allowed to hire foreign workers by paying for the repatriation of undocumented migrants in the immigration depot, says the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM). The federation called on the government to engage with relevant stakeholders to come up with a more workable solution to...

The Home Minister announced employers in the construction, manufacturing, plantation and agriculture sectors will be allowed to legally employ undocumented foreign workers under the Labour Recalibration Plan for undocumented immigrants. Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin said the government would also roll out the Repatriation Recalibration Plan where undocumented immigrants can volunteer to return to their homelands,...

It has been over a week since a new law on workers accommodation came into force, but industries are asking for up to a one-year extension to meet the fresh requirements. Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan said that due to the Covid-19 pandemic, more time was needed to comply with the...

The government is implementing a worker redeployment initiative to reduce job losses due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan said the initiative involved online registration by the workers through agencies such as the Department of Manpower Peninsular Malaysia, Social Security Organisation and Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Bhd. He said the ministry...

Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) said the requirement for foreign workers to have valid work permits in order to be re-employed to another employer defeats the overall purpose of redeployment. Its executive director, Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan said many foreign workers would be unable to be redeployed based on this requirement as existing employers would only release...