Employment opportunities will be bleak for the next six months as companies face tight cash flow problems, said KPMG (North) head Datuk Ooi Kok Seng. “Many companies have just resume their operations and the heads are just starting to assess their human resources needs. “They are now studying whether they need to reset their businesses...
Penang State Government has begun mass Covid-19 screening of foreign workers on Thursday. State local government committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said the state government was serious in getting all the 14,436 workers from the construction industry and 36,772 workers from the manufacturing industry screened. According to Jagdeep, the state do not intent to be...
INTER would like to wish Happy National Youth Day to all youths who stepped forward to help fight the Covid-19 outbreak. Since the the outbreak early this year, they have worked countless hours and days to ensure our the numbers of people infected with the virus remain low. With current situation, all outdoors gathering have...
KUALA LUMPUR: Mengikut statistik yang terbaru dikeluarkan oleh Jabatan Perangkaaan Malaysia pada 8 Mei 2020, jumlah penganggur pada bulan Mac telah meningkat sebanyak 17.1 peratus kepada 610,500 orang berbanding 521,300 orang pada bulan sama tahun lalu. Menurut Ketua Perangkawan Malaysia, Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin, berkata ini menjadikan kadar pengangguran pada Mac 2020 meningkat...
PETALING JAYA: The number of people reporting loss of jobs and seeking aid under Socso’s Employment Insurance Scheme (EIS) has risen substantially in March even before the movement control order (MCO) to contain spread of Covid-19 was implemented. According to data made available by Socso to The Star, the number loss of employment (LOE) was...
KUALA LUMPUR, 19 April 2020 : Malaysia was among the beneficiaries of this new trend in 2019. In the January to September, 2019 period, the ASEAN member state saw a foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow of slightly over US$8.9 billion according to the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA). Japan invested about US$800 million during the...
Kuala Lumpur, 20 April 2020 – Malaysia has been proactive during the Movement Control Order (MCO) in balancing public health and the livelihood of the people as well as strengthening the economic fundamentals by providing the necessary approval for companies in several economic sectors to operate, and are subject to strict adherence to health and...
The process of hiring workers from Nepal, including those in the security services, have adopted fair recruitment practices, said the Human Resources Ministry. A ministry spokesman said the estimated cost for recruitment of Nepalese workers after Malaysia signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nepal, was between RM6,300 and RM7,900. Employers, he added, are expected...
Malaysia is looking at a zero-cost recruitment agreement for migrant workers from Bangladesh, which is also part of the government’s efforts to eliminate forced labour to avoid possible trade sanctions by the United States, says Human Resources Minister M. Kulasegaran. He said discussion with the Bangladeshi government for new terms for a new agreement, which...
PETALING JAYA: Two of the biggest sources countries of foreign workers in Malaysia are threatening to stop sending their workers here following steep hikes in visa fees. Recruitment groups in Indonesia and Nepal have both stated their intention to stop sending workers to this country. In Indonesia, the increase of RM230 in processing fee for...
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