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PUTRAJAYA: A total of 2,000 applications from employers involving 155,621 foreign workers have been received by the government under the new recruitment and quota plan, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

While the figures continue a string of consecutive new annual highs recorded since 2013, the year-on-year increase was far below the 13.6% rise in 2019 due to the pandemic.

A record 1.82 million foreigners were working in Japan as of the end of October last year, government data show, in a 5.5 percent rise from the year before driven primarily by labor shortages as well as foreign students and permanent residents finding employment.

PUTRAJAYA: The RM1,500 fee for rehiring foreign workers under the recalibration programme will remain, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- QueUp, a widely-used mobile application for making public service appointments, will be made offline following a data b

GEORGE TOWN: The semiconductor industry has gone past the stage of hiring large numbers of workers and will hire only on a needs basis due to concerns about high inflation.

KLANG: A total of 526 foreign workers have been found living in miserable conditions at makeshift hostels provided by their employers in the industrial hub of Klang, according to the Human Resources Ministry.

KLANG, Jan 25 — Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri V. Sivakumar today said that action will be taken against employers who do not provide their foreign workers with appropriate...

PETALING JAYA: The move to allow for the legalisation of illegal foreign workers in Malaysia and easing the rules of hiring will help ease the labour shortage but hitches remain in getting maids, say stakeholders.

KOTA KINABALU: Wellness and spa industry players are appealing to the government to let them hire foreign workers so their businesses can recover following the Covid-19 pandemic.