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PETALING JAYA: With a proposal being studied to severely penalise companies bringing in foreign workers without providing them jobs, groups have called for a “deep clean and overhaul” of the recruitment processes.

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, Starlink and social media platform X, has come out in criticism of the US government for its low cap on allowing skilled workers into the country. ​The predetermined limit set by Congress for H-1B visas is 85,000 visa per year - 65,000 visas under the regular cap and the U.S. advanced degree exemption, commonly referred to as the masters cap, consisting of 20,000 visas.

PETALING JAYA: Employers that treat their foreign workers well should have nothing to fear in the proposal to penalise companies that exploit them, says Plantations and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani.

PETALING JAYA: The government has blacklisted a company that brought in 171 Bangladeshi nationals into the country with promises of jobs in Johor but failed to find them employment.

PETALING JAYA: While the proposal for harsher punishment for companies that fail to provide jobs to foreign workers they recruited would be a good move, there are other issues that need urgent attention from the government, say business groups.

Singapore News - Three brothers were among five Singaporeans convicted for illegally employing foreigners to run stalls at a bazaar and night markets. Two of the brothers did not provide proper lodging to six foreigners that they had illegally hired as stall assistants at Geylang Serai... Read more at www.tnp.sg

President Vladimir V. Putin is seeking to strengthen his military to fight in Ukraine while avoiding a potentially unpopular mobilization of Russians.

Elon Musk has rooted for increase in legal immigration in United States.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Home Ministry and the Human Resources Ministry are committed to improving the management of foreign workers in the country, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (pic).

PUTRAJAYA: The Plantation and Commodities Ministry has proposed a compound of up to RM30,000 per worker to be imposed against companies that fail to provide jobs for the foreign workers that they recruit.